Matthew Broderick & Anika Noni Rose Announce 2011 Tony Noms, 5/3

This year's Tony nominations will be announced on May 3. The 65th annual Tony Awards ceremony takes place on Sunday, June 12, 2011, broadcast on CBS. EW.com has revealed this morning that the announcers will be former Tony recipients Matthew Broderick (The Producers, The Odd Couple, The Philanthropist, Brighton Beach Memiors, How To Succeed in Business...) and Anika Noni Rose (Caroline or Change). The nominations will be announced at Lincoln Center's Public Library for Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center beginning at 8:30am. 

The 65th Annual Tony Award celebration will take place at the Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2011 and will be broadcast on CBS. This will be the first time the Beacon Theater will house the event, which has long had a home at Radio City Music Hall.  That venue will be occupied with a new Cirque show this summer.

Show that open prior to April 28, 2011 are eligible for Tony Awards for the 2010-2011 season. The American Theatre Wing's Tonys Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. At The Broadway League, Paul Libin is Chairman and Charlotte St. Martin is Executive Director. At the American Theatre Wing, Theodore S. Chapin is Chairman and Howard Sherman is Executive Director. For Tony Award Productions, Alan Wasser and Allan Williams of Alan Wasser Associates are the General Managers. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment are the Executive Producers of the 2011 Tony Awards. Mr. Weiss will also serve as Director of the 2011 Tony Awards.

For more information, visit www.TonyAwards.com.

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