Overview
- Tune and his sister, Gracey, gifted the materials to his alma mater as a full-circle return meant to inspire new artists in Houston.
- The archive spans costumes, scripts, design sketches, choreography notes, photographs, and personal letters documenting decades of Broadway work.
- UH archivist Mary Manning called the collection a significant contribution to theater history with value for students, performers, filmmakers, and researchers.
- The materials are available for on-site access by request in the library’s reading room, with UH aiming for availability early this semester.
- Tune earned his M.F.A. from UH in 1964 and is a nine-time Tony winner with a 2015 Lifetime Achievement honor, including consecutive directing and choreography wins in 1990 and 1991.