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Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#25re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 1:25pm
F.T.W.!! 
This is going to be SO legendary <3 (okay that was cheesy, but I had to make some kind of How I Met Your Mother reference haha)
#26re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 1:25pm
Hugh Jackman, the year he won the Tony for The Boy from Oz.
Nathan Lane, both the year he won for Forum and for The Producers (the later co-hosted with Matthew Broderick).
#27re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 1:31pmperfection! Handsome, has great theatre ties and a wonderful person.
#28re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 1:40pmYES! I am so excited about this - I can't believe the Tonys actually choose my dream host!
Stephen Sondheim
bestoffates.com
#29re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 1:59pm
Can anyone come up with even the most obscure justification for having Jason Segel join him onstage to do their version of Confrontation from Les Miserables? Really, I'll take anything, however tangential.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhXsJjVdj1E
#30re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 2:06pm
Nice! My birthday night is going to be a fun one!
As far as the post about CBS going to PBS...I'm confused! The awards are on CBS. Did I miss something?
Barney Stinson
Leading Actor Joined: 5/1/09
#31re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 2:15pm
I am obviously pretty psyched about this choice.
The TONYS offered him the hosting duties and he ACCEP . . . Wait for it . . .
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Barney Stinson
Leading Actor Joined: 5/1/09
#33re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 2:17pm
He's going to be fabulous.
That being said, he's not going to draw in a lot of views. However, hosts that were a lot more well known than he (Whoopi, Hugh Jackman, etc.) didn't either, so I don't have any issue with this.
Tom's Cat
Leading Actor Joined: 2/21/09
#34re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 2:25pmHe'll draw lots of viewers from theatre fans - who were probably going to watch anyway. In all honesty I've been bouncing this off of people here in the office and they've either said 'who's that?' or 'the name's familiar' - but they just can't place him.
#35re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 2:45pmSo excited! I think he'll be excellent! Now if only cheno joins him to co-host.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
#36re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 2:50pmHe's a perfect choice to host!
RyToast1
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/07
#37re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 2:52pmI am totally okay with this.
#38re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 2:58pm
Tis a fine choice indeed. Are there really that many people who don't know who he is? (and yes, some might only know him if you said "Doogie Howser," but I'd wager it'd be about the same percentage who would only know Angela Lansbury if you said "that snoopy Murder She Wrote woman.")
And non-theatre-fans will never watch the Tony Awards no matter who the host is. I don't particularly care for football, and I highly doubt I'd tune in for a game even if I heard Maggie Smith would be doing the play-by-play. (ok, maybe I would for a few minutes 
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Tom's Cat
Leading Actor Joined: 2/21/09
#39re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 3:03pmI'm simply saying that this choice will definitely appeal to those who were going to watch anyway and it won't mean a thing to those who weren't. I don't believe that attracting viewers could have played much of a part in the decision.
SNLMedia
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/6/05
#40re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 3:07pmYES! Rock the EFF on.
#41re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 3:23pm
I am MORE than okay with this. Yay NPH!
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#42re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 3:24pmYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SharpCookies
Stand-by Joined: 12/16/08
#43re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 3:29pm
This'll be AWESOME.
I'd die if he brought his character "Dr. Horrible" on the Tony stage. XD
breakfree303
Chorus Member Joined: 1/17/09
#44re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 3:50pm
Okay, Awesome! :)
NDR
Leading Actor Joined: 11/16/06
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#46re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 4:07pm
Yowza! I just hope they USE him throughout and not just in 2 or 3 places.
And I second an appearance by Dr. Horrible!!!! 'Twould be fun!
#47re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 4:14pmOh my gosh! I've been hoping for this ever since I saw Dr. Horrible, but I never thought it would actually happen! This is actually the thing that interests me the most about this year's Tonys, given that I wasn't all that thrilled about most of this year's shows.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#48re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 5:09pm
I mean he's not a HUGE name, but he's a great choice. He's an actor who actually enjoys the theater and enjoys supporting it. So I like that.
I'm excited. I just wish they'd extend the musical sequences, or show better clips from the plays. Or something different.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#49re: Neil Patrick Harris to Host Tony Awards
Posted: 5/14/09 at 5:11pm
Love him but I thought they were trying to get more viewers. This definitely won't do the trick.
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