Video: If You Missed This, Here's A Second Chance

From the Tony Awards 2011 (aired Sunday evening) here are  Hugh Jackman and Neil Patrick Harris as Dueling Hosts.....Among the songs in the "Dueling Duet" were "Anything You Can Do," from Annie Get Your Gun; "A Boy Like That / I Have A Love," from West Side Story; "Make 'Em Laugh," from Singin' In the Rain; "I Hope I Get It," from A Chorus Line; "Don't Rain on My Parade," from Funny Girl, "You're the Top," from Anything Goes; and "Let Me Entertain You," from Gypsy. "How To Succeed" "from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.
If you missed the show, you missed a great evening on Broadway. And this was one of the best moments in the show.

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Complete List of 2011 Tony Award Winners

Here is the complete list of winners from last night's outstanding presentation of Broadway's 2011 Tony Awards presented by the American Theatre Wing:
Best Play: "War Horse."
Best Musical: "The Book of Mormon."
Best Book of a Musical: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone, "The Book of Mormon."
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone, "The Book of Mormon."
Best Revival of a Play: "The Normal Heart."
Best Revival of a Musical: "Anything Goes."
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Mark Rylance, "Jerusalem."
Best Performance by an Actress in Leading Role in a Play: Frances McDormand, "Good People."
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Norbert Leo Butz "Catch Me If You Can."
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Sutton Foster, "Anything Goes."
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: John Benjamin Hickey, "The Normal Heart."
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Ellen Barkin, "The Normal Heart."
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: John Larroquette, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Nikki M. James, "The Book of Mormon."
Best Direction of a Play: Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, "War Horse."
Best Direction of a Musical: Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, "The Book of Mormon."
Best Choreography: Kathleen Marshall, "Anything Goes."
Best Orchestrations: Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus, "The Book of Mormon."
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Rae Smith, "War Horse."
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Scott Pask, "The Book of Mormon"
Best Costume Design of a Play: Desmond Heeley, "The Importance of Being Earnest."
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner, "Priscilla Queen of the Desert."
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Paule Constable, "War Horse."
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Brian MacDevitt, "The Book of Mormon."
Best Sound Design of a Play: Christopher Shutt, "War Horse."
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Brian Ronan, "The Book of Mormon."
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Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre: Athol Fugard, Philip J. Smith.
Regional Theatre Tony Award: Lookingglass Theatre Company (Chicago)
Isabelle Stevenson Award: Eve Ensler.
Special Tony Award: Handspring Puppet Company.
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre: William Berloni, The Drama Book Shop, Sharon Jensen and Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts

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Bret Michaels Sues Tony Awards Over Mishap

People were wondering if this would happen.
And many thought it was only a matter of time.
Now, Bret Michaels has finally taken action. And apparently he's blaming his 2010 nearly-fatal brain hemorrhage on that mishap at the 2009 Tony Awards.
Here's an excerpt from the story in the Philadelphia Inquirer:

Bret Michaels sued CBS Broadcasting and the organizers of the Tony Awards on Friday over a 2009 mishap that resulted in him being hit in the head by a set piece, claiming the accident contributed to a brain hemorrhage that nearly killed him.
The Poison frontman's lawsuit claims he continues to deal with effects from the injury and brain bleeding that left him hospitalized last year.
"Through his sheer will to live, to see his children grow up, Michaels was able to survive this trauma," his lawsuit states.

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