2014 Tony Awards In Memoriam Segment

This year Tony Awards broadcast unfortunately did not include the an In Memoriam segment, though the video was shown to guests at Radio City Music Hall. The video below remembers those in the Broadway community who left us from May 2013-May 2014, including Julie Harris, Phyllis Frelich, Michael Filerman and James Gandolfini.

68th Annual Tony Awards Nominations

Nominations in 26 competitive categories for THE 68th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® were announced today by actress of stage and screen Lucy Liu and Tony nominee Jonathan Groff at the Tony Award Nominations Announcement. The nominees were selected by an independent committee of 33 theater professionals appointed by the Tony Awards Administration Committee. The 2014 Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. The list of nominations follows.

Nominations for the 2014 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards®:

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:
Samuel Barnett, Twelfth Night
Bryan Cranston, All The Way
Chris O'Dowd, Of Mice and Men
Mark Rylance, Richard III
Tony Shalhoub, Act One

The 68th Annual Tony Awards to Be Broadcast Live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Sunday, June 8, 2014 on CBS

The 68th Annual Tony Awards will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Sunday, June 8 (8:00-11:00 p.m., live ET/ delayed PT) on CBS. The Tony Awards, which honors theater professionals for distinguished achievement on Broadway, has been broadcast on CBS since 1978.

Next year marks the 68th anniversary of the Tony Awards, which were first held on April 6, 1947 at the Waldorf Astoria's Grand Ballroom. The ceremony is presented by Tony Award Productions, which is a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, which founded the Tonys.

67th Annual Tony Awards Winners List (Video)

The American Theatre Wing's 67th Annual Tony Awards were held on Sunday night at Radio City Music Hall, where Neil Patrick Harris served as host for the fourth time. The telecast was second in households (4.7/08), viewers (7.24m), adults 25-54 (1.6/04) and adults 18-49 (1.2/03). Compared to last year's event, CBS was up +21% in households (from 3.9/07), +14% in adults 25-54 (from 1.4/03), +20% in adults 18-49 (from 1.0/03) and added +1.23m viewers (from 6.01m, +20%). The Tonys posted its largest audience since 2009.

Below is a list of winners (and nominees):

Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
Tracy Letts, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Other nominees: Tom Hanks, Lucky Guy; Nathan Lane, The Nance; David Hyde Pierce, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Tom Sturridge, Orphans

Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful

TONIGHT: 67th Annual Tony Awards

Billy Magnussen, Judith Light and Cicely Tyson are among the 2013
Tony Awards nominees.

The 67th Annual Tony Awards will be broadcast from Radio City Music Hall, Sunday, June 9 (8-11 p.m., live ET/ delayed PT). The show will include 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."

The evening will also feature special appearances by the casts of "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."

The night will be hosted by Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris (HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER). Laura Benanti, Alan Cumming, Jon Cryer, Jesse Eisenberg, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sally Field, Barrett Foa, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Hanks, Megan Hilty (SMASH), Scarlett Johannson, Anna Kendrick, Cyndi Lauper, Audra McDonald, Matthew Morrison (GLEE), Martha Plimpton, Hal Prince, Zachary Quinto, Andrew Rannells, Mike Tyson, Sigourney Weaver, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Steven Van Zandt will make appearances on the awards show, which honors theater professionals for distinguished achievement on Broadway.

Among the actor and actress nominees are several soap opera alums including Billy Magnussen (AS THE WORLD TURNS), Judith Light (ONE LIFE TO LIVE, DALLAS), Billy Porter (ANOTHER WORLD), Terrence Mann (AS THE WORLD TURNS) and Cicely Tyson (THE GUIDING LIGHT).

Check out the complete list of nominees below. Who are you rooting for?

Tony Awards Lineup Includes Megan Hilty, Matthew Morrison, Audra McDonald & Sally Field

CBS has revealed the talented lineup that will be featured on THE 67TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS, live from Radio City Music Hall, Sunday, June 9 (8-11 p.m., live ET/ delayed PT). The show will include 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."

Tony Awards 2013 Nominees: List Includes Daytime Alums Billy Magnussen, Judith Light & Cicely Tyson

Billy Magnussen, Judith Light and Cicely Tyson are among the 2013
Tony Awards nominees.

The 2013 Tony nominations were announced Tuesday morning in New York by multiple Tony winner Sutton Foster and MODERN FAMILY actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

"Bring It On," "A Christmas Story," "Kinky Boots" and "Matilda: The Musical" were nominated as Broadway's best musical, and the plays "The Assembled Parties," "Lucky Guy," "The Testament of Mary" and "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" also received nods.

Actor and actress nominees went to several soap opera alums including Billy Magnussen (AS THE WORLD TURNS), Judith Light (ONE LIFE TO LIVE, DALLAS), Billy Porter (ANOTHER WORLD), Terrence Mann (AS THE WORLD TURNS) and Cicely Tyson (THE GUIDING LIGHT).

And the nominees are...

2012 Tony Award Nominations: Ron Raines, Judith Light, Christian Borle, Tracie Bennett

The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing announced nominations for the 2012 Tony Awards this morning and a number of soap stars were included such as GUIDING LIGHT's Ron Raines, ONE LIFE TO LIVE's Judith Light, SMASH's Christian Borle, CORONATION STREET's Tracie Bennett and THE WEST WING's Stockard Channing.

The full list of nominations are below:

Neil Patrick Harris To Host Tony Awards Again

According to Deadline.com, new dad Neil Patrick Harris will host this year's Tony Awards show on June 12. Harris hosted the show to rave reviews two years ago.

And who was the first congratulate Harris on his gig? MODERN FAMILY star, Jesse Tyler Ferguson tweeted, "Congrats to @ActuallyNPH for returning as host of the 2011 Tony Awards. He was brilliant a few years ago and will be brilliant again."

NOMINATIONS: 2011 Tony Awards

Nominations for the 2011 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards®
Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing

Best Play

Good People

Author: David Lindsay-Abaire
Producers: Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove

Jerusalem

Author: Jez Butterworth
Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Stuart Thompson, Scott Rudin, Roger Berlind, Royal Court Theatre Productions, Beverly Bartner/Alice Tulchin, Dede Harris/Rupert Gavin, Broadway Across America, Jon B. Platt, 1001 Nights/Stephanie P. McClelland, Carole L. Haber/Richard Willis, Jacki Barlia Florin/Adam Blanshay