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CHUCK SENT THIS TO ME KNOWING I AM A GEEK FOR THE TONY AWARDS SHOW WHICH WILL BE THIS SUNDAY AT 8 PM ON CBS
Tony Awards to feature star-studded cast performances
Patina Miller during a performance of "Pippin," at Broadway's Music Box Theatre in New York. / AP
Viewers will get a taste of some of
today's most celebrated musicals Sunday night when the Tony Awards air
live on CBS, starting at 8 p.m. ET.
The three-hour show will feature appearances by the 2013 Tony-nominated musicals "A Christmas Story, The Musical," "Annie," "Bring It On: The Musical,"
"Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella," "Kinky Boots," "Matilda The
Musical," "Motown The Musical" and "Pippin."
Casts from
other hit musicals will also appear, including "Chicago," "Jersey Boys,"
"Newsies," "Once," "Mamma Mia," "Rock of Ages," "Spider-Man Turn Off
the Dark," "The Lion King" and "The Phantom of the Opera."
"How I Met Your Mother" star Neil Patrick Harris will host the
star-studded event, which will include appearances by Alan Cumming, Jon
Cryer, Jesse Eisenberg, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sally Field, Barrett Foa,
Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Hanks, Megan Hilty, Scarlett
Johansson, Anna Kendrick, Cyndi Lauper, Audra McDonald, Matthew
Morrison, Martha Plimpton, Hal Prince, Zachary Quinto, Andrew Rannells,
Mike Tyson, Sigourney Weaver, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Steven Van Zandt.
Harris,
who's hosting the Tonys for the fourth time, told "CBS This Morning"
that the show opener will be "pretty epic." He added, "It is a massive
ordeal, the Tony Awards. You have to have each show, with each cast,
with their own sets...It's massive factory in the back. It's very
exciting."
This year marks the 67th anniversary of the
Tony Awards, which were first held on April 6, 1947, at the Waldorf
Astoria's Grand Ballroom. This year, the festivities will take place at
New York's Radio City Music Hall.
The Lauper-scored "Kinky Boots" has earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations, with the British import "Matilda: The Musical" close behind with 12.
I love me some NPH, he's an amazing host for the Tony's. So glad they got him again.
I'll look forward to your post on Monday.