Tony AwardsHow Did Glenn Close Simultaneously Win and Lose at the Tony Awards?The star of the current Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard recalled earning her first Tony Award.
By
Andrew Gans
June 14, 2017
Three-time Tony winner Glenn Close, back on Broadway in the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, spoke on the red carpet prior to the start of the 71st Annual Tony Awards June 11 at Radio City Music Hall.
Close was asked about her first Tony Awards memory and recalled the night she won the Best Actress in a Play award for the original production of The Real Thing in 1984. She won the Tony, but lost a bet. Find out more in the video above.
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