Tony Awards host Neil Patrick Harris will reunite with his starry castmates from the recent New York Philharmonic concerts of Company to perform live on the 2011 awards show telecast. Harris, who played the leading role of bachelor Bobby in the classic Stephen Sondheim tuner, will be joined by Stephen Colbert, Jon Cryer, Katie Finneran, Christina Hendricks, Aaron Lazar, Patti LuPone, Jill Paice, Martha Plimpton, Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Jim Walton and Chryssie Whitehead. The 65th annual Tony ceremony will be held on June 12 at the Beacon Theatre.
As previously announced, the Tony telecast will feature appearances by Daniel Radcliffe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Rock, Alec Baldwin, Samuel L. Jackson, Kelsey Grammer, Viola Davis, Vanessa Redgrave, James Earl Jones, Harry Connick, Jr., Christie Brinkley, David Hyde Pierce, Marg Helgenberger, Matthew Broderick, Angela Lansbury, Jim Parsons, Joel Grey, Patrick Wilson, Robert Morse and many others.