ROCKing the TONY AWARDS – Charles Boyer & Cedric Hardwicke

Rock the Tonys

Hardwicke & Boyer

Hardwicke & Boyer

Charles Boyer and Cedric Hardwicke

Little Rock connection: The pair were part of a touring cast of Don Juan in Hell which is adapted from Shaw’s Man and Superman.  It played at Robinson Auditorium in 1951.

Tony Awards connection: Boyer received a Special Tony in 1952 for creating and directing Don Juan in Hell.  He also received a Tony nomination in 1963 for starring in the play Lord Pengo.  Hardwicke received a 1959 Tony nomination for Actor in a Play for his performance in A Majority of One.