TOP PICK: Daniel Radcliffe & Girlfriend Erin Darke Make First Red Couple Appearance at Tony Awards 2014!


Daniel Radcliffe wraps his arm around his girlfriend Erin Darke at the 2014 Tony Awards on Sunday evening (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The 24-year-old actor and his gal star in his movie Kill Your Darlings together.

Daniel‘s play The Cripple of Inishmaan is up for Best Revival of a Play at tonight’s Broadway awards show. The play will go head-to-head with The Glass Menagerie, A Raisin in the Sun, and Twelfth Night. Stay tuned to CBS at 8/7c to see who wins!

FYI: Daniel is wearing head-to-toe Ermenegildo Zegna Made-to-Measure.

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TOP PICK: 'Les Miserables' Cast Performs 'One Day More' at Tony Awards 2014! (Video)


Ramin Karimloo walks the red carpet with his wife Mandy at the 2014 Tony Awards on Sunday evening (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The 35-year-old actor is nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his work in the latest revival of the classic musical Les Miserables. He is playing Jean Valjean!

Ramin and his castmates got up on stage during the show to perform the showstopper “One Day More.” Don’t you kinda wish that the host Hugh Jackman hopped into the performance as well?!



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TOP PICK: Idina Menzel Tears the House Down at Tony Awards 2014!


Idina Menzel brings the house down with an absolutely amazing performance at the 2014 Tony Awards on Sunday evening (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The 43-year-old actress performed the show-stopping number “Always Starting Over” from her new Broadway show If/Then and it was absolutely flawless!

Idina is nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical. We can’t wait to see if she is going to win.

Make sure to check out the photos of Idina walking the red carpet earlier in the night!



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TOP PICK: Hugh Jackman Bounces Through Tony Awards 2014 Opening Number! (Video)


Hugh Jackman kneels down in excitement after finishing his opening number at the 2014 Tony Awards on Sunday evening (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The 45-year-old actor literally bounced his way through the entire opening segment while making his way through the backstage area of the theater and passing by the actors who would be performing during the show.

The opening number was a continuation of the video Hugh posted on Twitter last week, in which he bounced all around the Big Apple.

WHAT DID YOU THINK of Hugh Jackman’s opening number?



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TOP PICK: Tony Awards 2014 - Complete Winners List!


It was a great night of celebrating the best on Broadway at the 2014 Tony Awards on Sunday evening (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The awards were well spread around for the night with A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder and Neil Patrick Harris‘ Hedwig and the Angry Inch both taking home four awards while A Raisin in the Sun went home with three.

Audra McDonald made history at the show this evening by becoming the first person to take home six acting awards AND the first person to win an acting award in all four categories (leading and featured in both plays and musicals)!

Tony Awards Winners List 2014

BEST MUSICAL
“After Midnight”
“Aladdin”
“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical”
“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” (WINNER)

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
“Hedwig and the Angry Inch” (WINNER)
“Les Miserables”
“Violet”

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
“A Raisin in the Sun” (WINNER)
“The Cripple of Inishmaan”
“The Glass Menagerie”
“Twelfth Night”

BEST PLAY
“All the Way” (WINNER)
“Act One”
“Casa Valentina”
“Mothers and Sons”
“Outside Mullingar”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Mary Bridget Davies, “A Night With Janis Joplin”
Sutton Foster, “Violet”
Idina Menzel, “If/Then”
Jessie Mueller, “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” (WINNER)
Kelli O’Hara, “The Bridges of Madison County”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Neil Patrick Harris, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” (WINNER)
Ramin Karimloo, “Les Miserables”
Andy Karl, “Rocky”
Jefferson Mays, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”
Bryce Pinkham, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Bryan Cranston, “All the Way” (WINNER)
Samuel Barnett, “Twelfth Night”
Chris O’Dowd, “Of Mice and Men”
Mark Rylance, “Richard III”
Tony Shalhoub, “Act One”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Audra McDonald, “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” (WINNER)
Tyne Daly, “Mothers and Sons”
LaTanya Richardson-Jackson, “A Raisin in the Sun”
Cherry Jones, “The Glass Menagerie”
Estelle Parsons, “The Velocity of Autumn”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Mark Rylance, “Twelfth Night” (WINNER)
Reed Birney, “Casa Valentina”
Paul Chahidi, “Twelfth Night”
Stephen Fry, “Twelfth Night”
Brian J. Smith, “The Glass Menagerie”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Sophie Okonedo, “A Raisin in the Sun” (WINNER)
Sarah Greene, “The Cripple of Inishmaan”
Celia Keenan-Bolger, “The Glass Menagerie”
Anika Noni Rose, “A Raisin in the Sun”
Mare Winningham, “Casa Valentina”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
James Monroe Iglehart, “Aladdin” (WINNER)
Danny Burstein, “Cabaret”
Nick Cordero, “Bullets Over Broadway”
Joshua Henry, “Violet”
Jarrod Spector, “Beautiful – The Carole King Musical”

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Lena Hall, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” (WINNER)
Linda Emond, “Cabaret”
Anika Larsen, “Beautiful – The Carole King Musical”
Adriane Lenox, “After Midnight”
Lauren Worsham, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder”

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Kenny Leon, “A Raisin in the Sun” (WINNER)
Tim Carroll, “Twelfth Night”
Michael Grandage, “The Cripple of Inishmaan”
John Tiffany, “The Glass Menagerie”

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Darko Tresnjak, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” (WINNER)
Warren Carlyle, “After Midnight”
Michael Mayer, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”
Leigh Silverman, “Violet”

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Robert L. Freedman, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” (WINNER)
Chad Beguelin, “Aladdin”
Douglas McGrath, “Beautiful – The Carole King Musical”
Woody Allen, “Bullets Over Broadway”

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE
“The Bridges of Madison County” Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown (WINNER)
“Aladdin” Music: Alan Menken, Lyrics: Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin
“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” Music: Steven Lutvak, Lyrics: Robert L. Freedman & Steven Lutvak
“If/Then” Music: Tom Kitt, Lyrics: Brian Yorkey

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Beowulf Boritt, “Act One” (WINNER)
Bob Crowley, “The Glass Menagerie”
Es Devlin, “Machinal”
Christopher Oram, “The Cripple of Inishmaan”

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Christopher Barreca, “Rocky” (WINNER)
Julian Crouch, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”
Alexander Dodge, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder”
Santo Loquasto, “Bullets Over Broadway”

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Jason Robert Brown, “The Bridges of Madison County” (WINNER)
Doug Besterman, “Bullets Over Broadway”
Steve Sidwell, “Beautiful – The Carole King Musical”
Jonathan Tunick, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder”

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Steve Canyon Kennedy, “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” (WINNER)
Alex Baranowski, “The Cripple of Inishmaan”
Dan Moses Schreier, “Act One”
Matt Tierney, “Machinal”

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Brian Ronan, “Beautiful – The Carole King Musical” (WINNER)
Peter Hylenski, “After Midnight”
Tim O’Heir, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”
Mick Potter, “Les Miserables”

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Warren Carlyle, “After Midnight” (WINNER)
Steven Hoggett & Kelly Devine, “Rocky”
Casey Nicholaw, “Aladdin”
Susan Stroman, “Bullets Over Broadway”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Jenny Tiramani, “Twelfth Night” (WINNER)
Jane Greenwood, “Act One”
Michael Krass, “Machinal”
Rita Ryack, “Casa Valentina”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Linda Cho, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” (WINNER)
William Ivey Long, “Bullets Over Broadway”
Arianne Phillips, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”
Isabel Toledo, “After Midnight”

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Natasha Katz, “The Glass Menagerie” (WINNER)
Paule Constable, “The Cripple of Inishmaan”
Jane Cox, “Machinal”
Japhy Weideman, “Of Mice and Men”

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Kevin Adams, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” (WINNER)
Christopher Akerlind, “Rocky”
Howell Binkley, “After Midnight”
Donald Holder, “The Bridges of Madison County”

SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE
Jane Greenwood

REGIONAL THEATRE AWARD
Signature Theatre, New York, N.Y.

ISABELLE STEVENSON AWARD
Rosie O’Donnell

TONY HONORS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE THEATRE
Joseph P. Benincasa
Joan Marcus
Charlotte Wilcox

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