Thomas James Tune (born February , ) is an American actor, dancer,
singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer. Over the course
of his career, he has won ten Tony Awards, the National Medal of Arts
and has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Tune was born in
Wichita Falls, Texas, to oil rig worker, horse trainer, and
restaurateur Jim Tune and Eva Mae Clark along with his sister, Gracey.
He attended Mirabeau B. Lamar High School, Houston and the
Methodist-affiliated Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas. He
studied dance under Patsy Swayze in Houston. He also studied dance
with Kit Andree in Boulder, Colorado. He went on to earn his Bachelor
of Fine Arts in Drama from the University of Texas at Austin in and
his Master of Fine Arts in Directing from the University of Houston.
Tune later moved to New York to start his career.Tune stands a lanky
'½" tall, and at first he found his height to be a disadvantage when
auditioning for roles, as he would tower over potential co-stars. He
wore horizontally-striped shirts to auditions, dipped extra low when
he did pliés and learned to dance upstage ("I'd look shorter that
way. It's a law of perspective") to try to overcome it.
singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer. Over the course
of his career, he has won ten Tony Awards, the National Medal of Arts
and has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Tune was born in
Wichita Falls, Texas, to oil rig worker, horse trainer, and
restaurateur Jim Tune and Eva Mae Clark along with his sister, Gracey.
He attended Mirabeau B. Lamar High School, Houston and the
Methodist-affiliated Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas. He
studied dance under Patsy Swayze in Houston. He also studied dance
with Kit Andree in Boulder, Colorado. He went on to earn his Bachelor
of Fine Arts in Drama from the University of Texas at Austin in and
his Master of Fine Arts in Directing from the University of Houston.
Tune later moved to New York to start his career.Tune stands a lanky
'½" tall, and at first he found his height to be a disadvantage when
auditioning for roles, as he would tower over potential co-stars. He
wore horizontally-striped shirts to auditions, dipped extra low when
he did pliés and learned to dance upstage ("I'd look shorter that
way. It's a law of perspective") to try to overcome it.
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