Neil Patick Harris, Patti LuPone and Company Cast to Perform at Tony Awards

Host Neil Patrick Harris will be joined by the his castmates from the recent New York Philharmonic production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical Company for a special performance at the 2011 Tony Awards, to be broadcast live on CBS from the Beacon Theatre on Sunday, June 12.

In addition to Harris, the performance will feature 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. Company was filmed for theatrical release and will be shown on June 15.

The evening will feature appearances by Alec Baldwin, Christie Brinkley, Matthew Broderick, Harry Connick, Jr., Viola Davis, Whoopi Goldberg, Kelsey Grammer, Joel Grey, Marg Helgenberger, Samuel L. Jackson, James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, Robert Morse Jim Parsons, David Hyde Pierce, Daniel Radcliffe, Vanessa Redgrave, Chris Rock, Patrick Wilson, and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

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