Tony Awards telecast this year to be packed with songs
May 20, 2015, 11:24 AM
FILE - In this April 29, 2015 file photo, Kristin Chenoweth attends the 2015 Tony Awards Meet The Nominees press junket at The Paramount Hotel in New York. The Tony Awards telecast will feature co-host Kristin Chenoweth as well as performances by Vanessa Hudgens in "Gigi" and Matthew Morrison and Kelsey Grammer with "Finding Neverland." The Tonys will be handed out at Radio City Music Hall on June 7. Chenoweth will co-host with Alan Cumming. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
(Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — The Tony Awards show next month will feature performances from all the nominated new musicals and best musical revivals as well as some overlooked ones, including Vanessa Hudgens in “Gigi” and Matthew Morrison and Kelsey Grammer with “Finding Neverland.”
The telecast will feature co-host Kristin Chenoweth and the cast of “On the Twentieth Century”; Brian D’Arcy James, Christian Borle and Brad Oscar in “Something Rotten!”; Chita Rivera and the cast of “The Visit”; Kelli O’Hara and Ken Watanabe from “The King and I,” as well as the casts of “On the Town,” ”Fun Home” and “An American in Paris.”
The Tonys will be handed out at Radio City Music Hall on June 7. Chenoweth and Alan Cumming will be the hosts.
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