Edie Falco
Nurse Jackie star and Sopranos alum Edie Falco arrives at the Tony Awards Sunday night. She was nominated for Best Performance by a Featured Actress for her performance as the schizophrenic Bananas in The House of Blue Leaves.
Nurse Jackie star and Sopranos alum Edie Falco arrives at the Tony Awards Sunday night. She was nominated for Best Performance by a Featured Actress for her performance as the schizophrenic Bananas in The House of Blue Leaves.
Tony Award host and star of How I Met Your Mother, Neil Patrick Harris walked the red carpet with his partner, David Burka.
Andrew Rannels, who previously starred in Jersey Boys, was nominated for a Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in The Book of Mormon. Rannels plays Elder Price, a cheerful Mormon missionary .
Robert Lopez, who co-wrote Best Musical winner Avenue Q, was nominated again this year for co-creating The Book of Mormon alongside Trey Parker and Matt Stone. He took home a number of awards last night, including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Original Score Written for the Theatre.
Judith Light, nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Lombardi. Light is perhaps best known for her television roles on Ugly Betty and One Life to Live.
Nikki M. James won Best Featured Actress in a Musical for The Book of Mormon. Her character, Nabalungi, is a Ugandan tribe member.
Actor and comedian Kelsey Grammer with his wife, Kayte Walsh. Grammer had his Broadway debut last year playing Georges in La Cage aux Folles, for which he was nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical.
Ellen Barkin won for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for her performance in the AIDs drama The Normal Heart.
Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the duo responsible for the hit television series South Park and the comedy film Team America, won big for their play The Book of Mormon. Mormon was nominated for 14 Tony Awards, and won for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical, Best Scenic Design of a Musical, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, Best Sound Design of a Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, and Best Orchestrations.
Actress Brooke Shields handed out the Tony Award for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical. Shields created a minor controversy last night when television censors bleeped her for cursing.
Samuel L. Jackson with longtime wife LaTanya Richardson. Jackson will star as Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Broadway edition of the Olivier Award-winning play, The Mountaintop.
The View's Whoopi Goldberg at the 65th Annual Tony Awards. Goldberg is one of few to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and a Tony during her career — the Tony for producing Thoroughly Modern Millie in 1985.
Former model Christie Brinkley, who plays Roxie Hart in the Tony-winning musical Chicago, appeared at the ceremony last night.
Chris Rock and wife Malaak Compton. Rock, currently starring in Broadway's The Motherf**ker with the Hat, presented the award for Best Musical.
Al Pacino with Lucila Sola. Pacino, who has won two Tony Awards throughout his career, was nominated for Best Actor in a Play for his work in The Merchant of Venice.
Viola Davis at the 65th Annual Tony Awards. Davis took home a statue for Best Actress in a Play last year, when she starred as Rose Maxon in Fences.