Photo Coverage: Visa Signature Tony Awards Preview Concert
By: Linda Lenzi May. 12, 2008
Mario Lopez hosted a line-up of performances from all of the musicals from the 2007-08 season on Sunday May 11th. Casts performed numbers from the following shows: A Catered Affair, Cry-Baby, Grease, Gypsy, In The Heights, South Pacific, Sunday in the Park with George,The Little Mermaid, Xanadu and Passing Strange. The concert will be broadcast by CBS (Ch 2) on Sunday June 7th at 7PM and on CBS affiliates and O&O's Nationwide from May 26th to June 7th.
The Visa Signature Tony Awards Preview Concert is a one hour taped broadcast celebrating the Broadway season and promoting the upcoming Tony Awards. The event was held at Jazz at Lincoln Center in the Allen Room at Frederick P. Rose Hall. The song list was as follows:
In The Heights - "When You're Home"
Sunday in the Park with George - "Finishing the Hat"
Xanadu "Do Ya"
The Little Mermaid - "Part of Your World"
Cry-Baby- "Screw Loose"
Passing Strange "Mom's Song"
South Pacific - "Bali Ha' i"
Gypsy - "If Mama was Married"
A Catered Affair - "Our Only Daughter"
Grease - "Sandy" and "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
The Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from Radio City Music Hall on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 15th.
The Tonys are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. At The Broadway League, Nina Lannan is Chairman and Charlotte St. Martin is Executive Director. At the American Theatre Wing, Sondra Gilman is Chairman, Doug Leeds is President and Howard Sherman is Executive Director. For Tony Award Productions, Elizabeth I. McCann is Managing Producer and Joey Parnes is Coordinating Producer.
For more information please visit www.TonyAwards.com
Photos By Linda Lenzi
Host Mario Lopez
Cast of Xanadu; Andre Ward, Kyle Dean Massey, Kenita Miller, Ryan Watkinson, Cheyenne Jackson, Kerry Butler, Patti Murin and Marty Thomas
Kerry Butler and Cheyenne Jackson
Laura Osnes and Max Crumm
Laura Osnes and Max Crumm
Alli Mauzey (Cry Baby)
Leigh Ann Larkin (Gypsy) and Laura Benanti
Leigh Ann Larkin and Laura Benanti
Daniel Evans (Sunday in the Park with George)
Sierra Boggess (The Little Mermaid)
Faith Prince (A Catered Affair)
Loretta Ables Sayre (South Pacific)
Loretta Ables Sayre and Faith Prince
Daniel Breaker (Passing Strange) and Eisa Davis (Passing Strange)
Daniel Breaker, Eisa Davis and Stew (Passing Strange)
Howard Sherman and Charlotte St. Martin
Christopher Jackson (In The Heights) and Mandy Gonzalez (In The Heights)
Play Broadway Games
 Test and expand your Broadway knowledge with our new game - The Broadway Match-Up! How well do you know your Broadway casting trivia? |
 Play the Daily Game, explore current shows, and delve into past decades like the 2000s, 80s, and the Golden Age. Challenge your friends and see where you rank! |
 How well do you know your Tony Awards history? Take our never-ending quiz of nominations and winner history and challenge your friends. |
%20(1024%20×%20512%20px).png) Can you beat your friends? Play today’s daily Broadway word game, featuring a new theatrically inspired word or phrase every day! |
Videos
