NEW YORK, June 9 (UPI) — The Tony Awards ceremony honoring the year’s best on Broadway got under way Sunday at Radio City Music Hall in New York with Neil Patrick Harris the host.
Going into the evening’s competition with a leading 13 nominations was “Kinky Boots,” followed by “Matilda” with 11 nods.
The other nominees for Best Musical were “Bring It On” and “A Christmas Story.”
In the running for Best Play were “The Assembled Parties,” “Lucky Guy,” “The Testament of Mary,” and “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.”
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