Mario Lopez to Host Tony Preview Concert on CBS

Mario Lopez will host The Visa Signature Tony Awards Preview Concert, celebrating the excellence of the 2007-2008 Broadway season. The Preview Concert will air on CBS affiliates across the country this Spring and will feature performances from this season's Broadway musicals as well as interviews with Tony Nominees Patrick Stewart, Kate Fleetwood, Laurence Fishburne, Laurie Metcalf, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Wopat, Andrea Martin, Deanna Dunagan, Paulo Szot, Rob Ashford, Jenna Russell, Stew, Mark Rylance, and Chris Fitzgerald.  The Preview Concert will also pay homage to Tony Winning shows of season's past.  Casts will sing selections from the following shows: A Catered Affair, Cry-Baby, Grease, Gypsy, In The Heights, Passing Strange, South Pacific, Sunday in the Park with George, The Little Mermaid, and Xanadu.

Following please find a list of affiliates, dates and times for The Visa Signature Tony Awards Preview Concert broadcast:
 
    * KOVR-TV (Sacramento), Saturday, June 7th at 3:00 p.m.
    * WCBS-TV (New York), Saturday, June 7th at 7:00 p.m.
    * WLMS-TV (Lansing, MI), Saturday, June 7th at 7:00 p.m.
    * WFOR-TV (Miami), Saturday, June 7th at 1:00 p.m.
    * KCNC (Denver), Sunday, June 8th at 11:00 a.m.
    * WBBM-TV (Chicago), Sunday, June 8th at 12:00 p.m.
    * WNEG-TV (Toccoa, GA), Sunday, June 8th at 1:00 p.m.
    * WWJ-TV (Detroit), Sunday, June 8th at 2:00 p.m.
    * KUTV-TV (Salt Lake City), Sunday, June 8th at 2:00 p.m.
    * WOIO-TV (Cleveland), Sunday, June 14th at 8:00 p.m.
    * KYW-TV (Philadelphia), Sunday, June 15th at 11:00 a.m.
    * WCCO-TV (Minneapolis), Sunday, June 15th at 11:00 a.m.
    * KCBS-TV (Los Angeles), Sunday, June 15th at 1:00 p.m.
    * KDKA-TV (Pittsburgh), Sunday, June 15th at 1:00 p.m.
    * KPIX-TV (San Francisco), Sunday, June 15th at 1:00 p.m.
    * KTVT-TV (Dallas), Sunday, June 15th at 2:00 p.m.
    * WUSA-TV (Washington, DC), Sunday, June 15th at 2:00 p.m.
    * WBZ-TV (Boston), Sunday, June 15th at 4:00 p.m.

**Additional markets to be added, please log onto TonyAwards.com for updated markets

 

The American Theatre Wing's Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from Radio City Music Hall on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 15th.  The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and The American Theatre Wing.

Photo by Paul Kolnik.