1992: Gregory Hines (center) and the company of Jelly’s Last Jam perform “That’s How You Jazz.” Hines won the Best Actor Tony for his performance in the show.

The performance is sponsored by Kaufmann's. Gregory Hines exemplifies the term "multi-talented." As a dancer, singer and star of the Broadway stage, he has earned three Tony nominations and the Tony ...

Hines passed on from liver cancer in 2003. But on the night he won the Tony for Best Actor in a Musical, his dazzling performance showed the world what it meant to be a star.

Actress Phylicia Rashad and Hines' older brother, Maurice Hines, co-hosted the tribute, which included performances by tap dancers and singers as well as video clips of Gregory Hines' performances.

His PBS special, "Gregory Hines: Tap Dance in America," was nominated in 1989, and in 1982 he was nominated for his performance in "I Love Liberty," a variety special saluting America.

His alternately meditative and explosive choreography was seen in the film, "The Cotton Club," which also featured his brother. In the 1989 film, "Tap," some of Mr. Hines' tap-dance heroes ...

NEW York plans to say goodbye to tap legend Gregory Hines in style – with an all singing and dancing memorial to the fleet footer at the Apollo. The show, held at the Harlem theater where Hin… ...

His PBS special, "Gregory Hines: Tap Dance in America," was nominated in 1989, and in 1982 he was nominated for his performance in "I Love Liberty," a variety special saluting America.

Gregory Oliver Hines was born on Feb. 14, 1946, in New York City. He has said his mother urged him and his older brother toward tap dancing because she wanted them to have a way out of the ghetto.

Gregory Hines, 57, who won international acclaim as an exuberant and charming tap dancer, choreographer and actor, died Aug. 9 in Los Angeles. He had cancer. Mr. Hines, who had performed ...