Theater News

Gavin Creel, Sutton Foster, Lauren Graham, Constantine Maroulis, Alice Ripley, et al. Set for Tony Awards Concert

Constantine Maroulis
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
Constantine Maroulis
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

The Visa Signature Tony Awards Season Celebration, a one-hour live-to-tape special celebrating the 2008-2009 Broadway season and promoting the upcoming Tony Awards broadcast on CBS on Sunday, June 7, will be taped on Monday, May 18 at the Hudson Theatre.

The special, to be hosted by Harry Smith, will air at 7pm on Saturday, May 30 on WCBS-TV in New York, and on other stations nationwide between May 29 and June 6.

Scheduled performers include Lauren Graham and Kate Jennings Grant from Guys & Dolls; Gavin Creel and the cast of Hair; Matt Cavenaugh and Josefina Scaglione from West Side Story; Stephanie Block from 9 to 5: The Musical; Carole Shelley from Billy Elliot, The Musical; Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano, and Aaron Tveit from Next to Normal; Constantine Maroulis and Amy Spanger from Rock of Ages; and Sutton Foster, Leah Greenhaus, and Marissa O’Donnell from Shrek The Musical.