Neil Patrick Harris will host the 2009 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7 at Radio City Music Hall and aired live on CBS-TV. The 2009 Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and The American Theatre Wing.

Billy Elliot, the Musical leads the field with 15 nominations, including Best Musical. Other shows with multiple nominations include Next to Normal (11), Hair (8), Shrek the Musical (8), Mary Stuart (7), The Norman Conquests (7), God of Carnage (6), and Joe Turner's Come and Gone (6).

Harris appeared in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Assassins and starred in renowned productions of Sweeney Todd, All My Sons, and Rent. He stars in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother and previously starred in the title role of ABC's Doogie Howser, M.D..