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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Performances at the Tony Awards

Since the Tony Awards offer a look at the best shows on Broadway, there's always a lot of interest in the musical numbers that are included. The producers made an announcement about it today.

Hey, did I mention that I'll be live-blogging the Tonys? Just checking.

Here's the info:
Telecast live from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 10, the Tony Awards will feature musical numbers from each of the Tony Nominees for Best Musical - Curtains, Grey Gardens, Mary Poppins and Spring Awakening as well as performances by the casts of Best Musical Revival nominees - A Chorus Line, Company and 110 in the Shade.

The show will also feature a special performance by Fantasia, who's now appearing on Broadway in The Color Purple.

Presenters at the 2007 Tony Awards will include: Harry Connick, Jr., Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Brian Dennehy, Carla Gugino, Neil Patrick Harris, Anne Heche, Marg Helgenberger, Judd Hirsch, Felicity Huffman, Melina Kanakaredes, Eddie Izzard, The Jersey Boys - Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and John Lloyd Young, Jane Krakowski, Angela Lansbury, Robert Sean Leonard, John Mahoney, Audra McDonald, Cynthia Nixon, Bernadette Peters, David Hyde Pierce, Christopher Plummer, Liev Schreiber, Kevin Spacey, John Turturro, Usher, Sam Waterston, Vanessa Williams, Rainn Wilson, among others…

2 comments:

Angela Henderson-Bentley said...

Chuck,

Good luck with the live blogging. I hope you're doing your finger exercises. You will need them...

Chuck Minsker said...

Ha! Thanks for the advice! I still need to work out the logistics, since I don't have a laptop. Do I move the TV into the computer room, or the computer into the TV room? Decisions, decisions...