2008 Tony Awards: Performance & Presenters Lists

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 11:35pm

Here is a list of all performances that will be presented at the 2008 Tony Awards (updated as announced):

THE LION KING - "Circle of Life" (Opening Number, celebrating 10 years)
RENT - Unknown (Tribute, with original cast members)
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL - Unknown (Uncomfirmed, audition notice was posted for high schoolers to perform a number at the Tonys)

A CATERED AFFAIR - "Vision" (New This Season)
CRY-BABY - "A Little Upset" (Nominated for Best Musical)
IN THE HEIGHTS - "96,000" (Nominated for Best Musical)
THE LITTLE MERMAID - "Part of Your World" (New This Season)
PASSING STRANGE - "Keys/Amsterdam" (Nominated for Best Musical)
XANADU - "Don't Walk Away" (Nominated for Best Musical)
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN - "Deep Love" (New This Season)

GREASE - Unknown (Nominated for Best Revival of a Musical)
GYPSY - "Everything's Coming Up Roses" (Nominated for Best Revival of a Musical)
SOUTH PACIFIC - Unknown (Nominated for Best Revival of a Musical)
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE - "Move On" (Nominated for Best Revival of a Musical)

Stage and screen star Whoopi Goldberg will host the 62nd Annual Tony Awards, which will be presented June 15. CBS-TV will broadcast the event live from Radio City Music Hall, 8-11 PM ET. (Red-carpet arrivals begin at 6 PM).

Presenters for the program currently include Gabriel Byrne, Julie Chen, Harry Connick, Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Mandy Patinkin, David Hyde Pierce, Lily Tomlin, John Waters, Alec Baldwin, Kristin Chenoweth, Glenn Close, Richard Griffiths, Laura Linney, John Lithgow, Liza Minnelli, Mary-Louise Parker, Daniel Radcliffe, Brooke Shields and Marisa Tomei.

Updated On: 6/9/08 at 11:35 PM

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 11:39pm

Very thorough, thank you. Interesting choices - they all seem to be performing VERY similar numbers.

Updated On: 5/29/08 at 11:39 PM

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 11:39pm

Heehee, blaxx.

I think In the Heights is doing 96,000.

Updated On: 5/29/08 at 11:39 PM

[insertclevernamehere]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 11:41pm

ITH better

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 11:41pm

What the Hell. I pay all this money and have to sit through High School Musical and Lion King performances? The only way this would be acceptable is if that time were replacing a lecture on the American Theater Wing.

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 11:42pm

I heard Cry-Baby is doing "A Little Upset".

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 11:44pm

LOL blaxx. I was going to input what IN THE HEIGHTS, PASSING STRANGE, and CRY-BABY are doing but I am waiting for permission.

[Patash]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 11:53pm

It does seem they could have gotten together and discussed this so that they weren't all doing the same number!

[gertiecummings]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 11:55pm

The Tony Awards are on the night before I fly to New York. I do not know how I am gonna be able to sleep that night! (Especially since my flight leaves at 6:40AM)

[MusicalMan76]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 11:57pm

Perhaps it would've made more sense to wait until you had permission so the obvious numbers (i.e. those that were revealed on Playill, BroadwayWorld, and others in the past few days) weren't the only numbers listed.

[keen on kean]

Posted: 5/29/08 at 11:58pm

No indication of anything being performed in honor of Sondheim's award?

[Mark820]

Posted: 5/30/08 at 12:06am

Honestly I'd love to see ITh do 96,000 since i think its a piece that needs to be done and not just sung (like they showed on Broadway.com, it was vocally impressive) It seems interesting. All i can say is this i cannot wait for the Tonys.

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 5/30/08 at 12:09am

a CRY-BABY cast member told me they're doing the Prison song ("A Little Bit Upset" ??) from Act Two.
Updated On: 5/30/08 at 12:09 AM

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/30/08 at 12:12am

I actually wish ITH could do Carnaval del Barrio. I think it makes more sense out of context.

[Lavieboheme3090]

Posted: 5/30/08 at 12:12am

Are they really doing a HSM number? And if so can they have please have amazing Broadway Diva's perform it?

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 5/30/08 at 12:24am

Actually, I hear that the stars from the nominated musicals will be performing selections from HSM 1 and 2 throughout the evening instead of stuff from their own shows.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/30/08 at 12:27am

But in full costume from their respective shows, with their respective sets. So, you know, HSM George Seurat style. It's where musical theater is headed, after all!

[CyCoSpAz2]

Posted: 5/30/08 at 12:31am

Mel Brooks hasn't finagled a Young Frankenstein performance yet?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/30/08 at 12:32am

I would *kill* to hear Patti LuPone, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, Betty Buckly, Barbara Cook, Chita Rivera, Barbra Streisand, and Liza Minelli do "Getcha Head In The Game."

Patti: "Jump left!"
Liza: "Fake right!"

[Not Barker, Todd.]

Posted: 5/30/08 at 12:36am

Patti: Jump! LEFt!
Liza: Faake, right?!

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 5/30/08 at 12:36am

[being.jeremiah]

Posted: 5/30/08 at 12:38am

HSM got LUPWNED!

Posted: 5/30/08 at 12:39am

Maybe a Sondheim tribute will be the opening?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/30/08 at 12:40am

That's HILARIOUS, Mandi Moo!

And can Nathan Lane PLEASE do that 11 o'clock number Zac Efron has in HSM2? The one where he is out on the golf course and the sun is setting.

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 5/30/08 at 12:40am

That's my new avatar. Thank you.