Hope Davis, Edie Falco, Sutton Foster, Marcia Gay Harden, Anne Hathaway, Angela Lansbury, Jessica Lange, Liza Minnelli, Dolly Parton, Karen Olivo, Alice Ripley and more stars sparkle at the 2009 Tony Awards.
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The 63rd Annual Tony Awards were presented on Sunday, June 7 at Radio City Music Hall.
Marcia Gay Harden was named Best Leading Actress in a Play for
God of Carnage, which was also named Best Play.
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Alice Ripley, who took home the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for
Next to Normal, gave a passionate speech in which she quoted John F. Kennedy.
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Angela Lansbury, who was delighted to earn a record-tying fifth Tony Award as Madame Arcati in the revival of
Blithe Spirit, says she hopes to return to Broadway for a try at a sixth Tony Award!
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Best Featured Actress in a Musical winner
Karen Olivo is the first of three actresses to originate the role of Anita in a Broadway production of
West Side Story and win the coveted award!
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Liza Minnelli added another Tony Award to her mantle as the star of
Liza’s at the Palace, which won the award for Best Special Theatrical Event.
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The gorgeous Laura Benanti, a 2008 Tony Award winner for Gypsy, co-hosted the Creative Arts ceremony, which began the awards presentation.
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Singer-songwriter
Dolly Parton, who was nominated for the score of
9 to 5, sang part of that show’s title song in the star-studded opening number.
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Gina Gershon, who returns to Broadway this season as Rose Alvarez in
Bye Bye Birdie, and Edie Falco, whose new Showtime series
Nurse Jackie debuts this evening, were among the Tony Awards’ most glamorous presenters.
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Anne Hathaway, who opens this week in the Shakespeare in the Park production of
Twelfth Night, showed off her fabulous fashion sense as a Tony Award presenter.
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Former Tony Award nominee and two-time Oscar winner Jessica Lange, who recently starred in the HBO film Grey Gardens, was one of the Tony Awards many famous presenters.
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Film legend (and two-time Oscar winner)
Jane Fonda, who returned to Broadway after 46 years to star in
33 Variations, was nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Play.
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Hope Davis, a Tony Award nominee for Best Leading Actress in a Play for
God of Carnage, is also a possible Emmy Award nominee for her work on HBO’s
In Treatment.
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Martha Plimpton, one of the theater’s classiest actresses, received her third consecutive Tony Award nomination this year — this time for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for
Pal Joey.
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Former Tony Award winner
Sutton Foster, who earned a nomination as Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her work in
Shrek, was a sight for sore eyes in this stunning dress.