Cast and production credits:

ON AIR: 8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT

ORIGINATION: Radio City Music Hall, New York City

FORMAT: Awards ceremony honoring excellence in the theater

SCHEDULED PERFORMERS: Casts of "110 in the Shade," "Company," "A Chorus Line," "Curtains," "Grey Gardens," "Mary Poppins" and "Spring Awakening."  A special performance by Fantasia of "The Color Purple."

SCHEDULED PRESENTERS: Jane Alexander, Christina Applegate, Zach Braff, Harry Connick, Jr., Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Brian Dennehy, Taye Diggs, Harvey Fierstein, Carla Gugino, Marvin Hamlisch, Marcia Gay Harden, Neil Patrick Harris, Anne Heche, Marg Helgenberger, Judd Hirsch, Felicity Huffman, Mark Indelicato, Eddie Izzard, Melina Kanakaredes, John Kander, Jane Krakowski, Angela Lansbury, Robert Sean Leonard, Patti LuPone, John Mahoney, Audra McDonald, Idina Menzel, Bebe Neuwirth, Cynthia Nixon, Donny Osmond, Bernadette Peters, David Hyde Pierce, Christopher Plummer, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Liev Schreiber, Harry Smith, Kevin Spacey, Tommy Tune, John Turturro, Usher, Ben Vereen, Sam Waterston, Vanessa Williams, Rainn Wilson and The Jersey Boys -- Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, Patrick Wilson and John Lloyd Young.

PRODUCED BY: Tony Award Productions

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:  Ricky Kirshner, Glenn Weiss

DIRECTED BY: Glenn Weiss

Managing Producer: Elizabeth Ireland McCann

Coordinating Producer:       Joey Parnes

WRITTEN BY: Dave Boone                            

MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Elliot Lawrence

PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Steve Bass      

LIGHTING DESIGNER: Bob Dickinson 

COSTUME DESIGNER: David Toser

RATING:  To Be Announced

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