2014 Tony nominees Neil Patrick Harris and Idina Menzel, along with Sting and Alan Cumming, will be among the performers for the 68th Annual Tony Awards. The cast of Wicked will also return to Radio City Music Hall for the first time since 2004, when they won three Tony Awards, and take the stage once again to celebrate the show's 10th anniversary. The 2014 ceremony, hosted by Hugh Jackman, will broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, on CBS, on Sunday, June 8.
Harris will perform alongside the cast of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Menzel will perform from the new musical If/Then, Sting will perform a song from his upcoming musical, The Last Ship and Cumming will reprise his Tony Award-winning role in a performance from the revival of Cabaret. Music legends Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Fantasia will take the stage to perform with the cast of After Midnight, while 2014 Tony nominee Sutton Foster will perform with the cast of Violet. There will also be performances by the casts of this year’s Best Musical and Best Musical Revival Nominees, including Aladdin, Les Misérables, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, as well as Bullets Over Broadway and Rocky.
As previously reported, Broadway’s biggest night will also feature appearances by Bradley Cooper, Kevin Bacon, Carole King, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Will Ferrell, Liev Schreiber, Emmy Rossum, Kate Mara, Zachary Quinto, Zachary Levi, Lucy Liu, Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Leighton Meester, Ethan Hawke, Zach Braff, Matt Bomer, Anna Gunn, Gloria & Emilio Estefan, Tony nominee Audra McDonald, Fran Drescher, Wayne Brady, Kenneth Branagh, Tony Goldwyn, Vera Farmiga and Alessandro Nivola.