The lineup of performances for the 2010 Tony Awards, to be held on June 13 at Radio City Music Hall, has been announced. As expected, numbers from Best Musical nominees American Idiot, Fela!, Memphis and Million Dollar Quartet and Best Musical Revival nominees La Cage aux Folles (featuring Kelsey Grammer), A Little Night Music (featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Ragtime will be part of the show. Also taking the stage will be Green Day, Glee’s Lea Michele and Matthew Morrison and cast members from Come Fly Away, Everyday Rapture and Promises, Promises. (The press announcement of musical performers did not include Best Revival nominee Finian’s Rainbow or the hit musical The Addams Family.)
The Tony telecast will also feature what's being billed as "a special presentation" of the Tony-nominated Best Play and Best Play revivals. The play segment will feature Denzel Washington and Viola Davis from Fences; Justin Bartha, Anthony LaPaglia and Tony Shalhoub from Lend Me a Tenor; Jan Maxwell and Rosemary Harris of The Royal Family; Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson from A View from the Bridge; Laura Benanti and Michael Cerveris from In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play; Patrick Breen and Patrick Heusinger from Next Fall; Laura Linney and Brian d’Arcy James from Time Stands Still; and Alfred Molina and Eddie Redmayne from Red.
As previously announced, Antonio Banderas, Cate Blanchett, Michael Douglas, Scarlett Johansson, Lucy Liu, Helen Mirren, Chris Noth, Bernadette Peters, David Hyde Pierce and Raquel Welch will serve as presenters. The show will be hosted by Promises Promises star Sean Hayes.