Some Enchanted Evening

Harry Connick Jr., Daniel Radcliffe, Liza Minnelli, Glenn Close, Brooke Shields, Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, Taye Diggs, Mary-Louise Parker, and other luminaries lend superstar power to the 62nd Annual Tony Awards.

By Joseph Marzullo,Brian Scott Lipton • Jun 16, 2008 • New York

The 62nd Annual Tony Awards on June 15 brought out some of the biggest stars from the worlds of theater and Hollywood. Here's presenter Harry Connick Jr., who's slated to return to Broadway this season in Nice Work If You Can Get It, which starts out at Boston's Colonial Theatre.

Former Tony winner Glenn Close co-starred with Connick in the ABC telefilm of the musical South Pacific; the current Broadway revival of South Pacific won seven Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical.

Tony and Oscar winner Jeremy Irons -- who starred with Close in Broadway's The Real Thing -- accompanied his wife Sinead Cusack, a Best Featured Actress nominee for Rock 'n' Roll.

Featured Actress nominee Laurie Metcalf looked far more glamorous than she does onstage in David Mamet's November.

The beautiful Mary Louise Parker, last seen Off-Broadway in Dead Man's Cell Phone, stars in the Showtime series Weeds, which resumes its fourth season this evening.

Alec Baldwin will also soon return to television in the hit NBC series 30 Rock.

Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth has become a favorite of TV viewers for her work on ABC's Pushing Daisies.

Broadway star Brooke Shields has her own hit series, NBC's Lipstick Jungle.

The one-and-only Liza Minnelli, who's been touring the world in concerts, came home to NYC to be a Tony Award presenter.

The hilarious Lily Tomlin, a former Tony winner, was another welcome face on the Tony broadcast.

Original Rent cast members -- and real-life married couple -- Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs participated in a special tribute to the soon-to-close musical.

The gorgeous Gina Gershon was on hand to celebrate her show Boeing-Boeing, which won Best Revival of a Play.

The lovely Laura Linney has returned to Broadway in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, which took home the Tony for Best Costume Design of a Play.

The always-gracious Patrick Stewart -- who flew in from England -- was nominated for the title role of Macbeth.

Finally, here's one of Great Britain's biggest stars, Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe, who makes his Broadway debut in Equus in September! Hold on to your horses, indeed!

For TheaterMania's feature on reactions from Tony winners, click here.

For the full list of Tony Award winners and nominees, click here.