PHOTO FLASH: Katie Finneran, Sean Hayes, Jan Maxwell, Marian Seldes, et al. Attend Party for Special Tony Winners and Tony Awards for Excellence

As previously announced, special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement are being presented this year to playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn and actress Marian Seldes. In addition, David Hyde Pierce will receive the Isabelle Stevenson Award for his work in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, and the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center will receive the Tony Award for Regional Theatre.

This year’s Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre — awarded to institutions, individuals and/or organizations not eligible in any of the established Tony Award categories — will go to The Alliance of Resident Theatres New York (A.R.T./New York); stage combat teacher and director B.H. Barry; Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ Executive Director Tom Viola, and the Midtown North and Midtown South Precincts.

In addition to many of the recipients, attendees at the party included 2010 Tony Award nominees Rob Ashford, Christopher Ashley, David Bryan, Joe DiPietro, Maria Dizzia, Marina Draghici, Katie Finneran, Montego Glover, Valerie Harper, Rosemary Harris, Sean Hayes, Jon Michael Hill,Sheryl Kaller, Chad Kimball, Kenny Leon, Jan Maxwell, Derek McLane, Geoffrey Nauffts, Martin Pakledinaz, and Dick Scanlan.

The 2010 Tony Awards will be presented at 8pm on Sunday June 13, in a live three-hour ceremony, hosted by Hayes, and broadcast by CBS from Radio City Music Hall.

For more information, visit www.TonyAwards.com.