Tony Awards 2012 | Red carpet

“End of the Rainbow” actor Michael Cumpsty is nominated for actor in a featured role in a play.  (Evan Agostini / Associated Press )

Da’Vine Joy Randolph  (Evan Agostini / Associated Press )

David Alan Grier is nominated for performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical for “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.”  (Evan Agostini / Associated Press)

Singer Sheryl Crow.   (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

Actess Laura Bell Bundy.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

Actress Kathy Najimy.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

Adrienne Warren.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

Actress Taylor Lauderman.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

“Evita” actor Ricky Martin is set to perform with Elena Roger during the telecast.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)

“Wit” actress Cynthia Nixon is nominated for actress in a leading role in a play.  (Evan Agostini / Associated Press)

“Once” actress Jayne Houdyshell is nominated for actress in a featured role in a musical.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

Actress Lilla Crawford.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)

Actress Bernadette Peters will be honored with the Isabelle Stevenson Award.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

Actor Corbin Blue.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)

“Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman” star Andrew Garfield is nominated for actor in a leading role in a play.  (Evan Agostini / Associated Press)

“The Columnist’s” John Lithgow is nominated for actor in a leading role in a play.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

“The Help” actress Jessica Chastain.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

Film and theater actor Hugh Jackman will receive a special Tony Award from the Actors’ Equity Association.  (Evan Agostini / Associated Press)

Broadway producer Emanuel “Manny” Azenberg.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)

“End of the Rainbow” actress Tracie Bennett is nominated for actress in a leading role in a play.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

News anchor Diane Sawyer.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

“Once” actress Cristin Milioti is nominated for actress in a leading role in a musical.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

Actor John Lithgow and his wife Mary Yeager.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)

“Once” star Elizabeth A. Davis is nominated for actress in a featured role in a musical.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)

“Follies” star Jan Maxwell is nominated for actress in a leading role in a musical.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

“Other Desert Cities” star Stockard Channing is nominated for actress in a leading role in a play.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

“The Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parsons will appear in the play “Harvey.”  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

“Gore Vidal’s The Best Man” star James Earl Jones is nominated for actor in a leading role in a play.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

Actress Ellen Barkin.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)

Actress Amanda Seyfried will soon appear in the film adaptation of “Les Miserables.”  (Jason Szenes / EPA)

Argentine actress Elena Silvia Roger.  (Evan Agostini / Associated Press)

Singer Josh Grobin.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)

Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness.  (Evan Agostini / Associated Press)

“Glee” star Matthew Morrison.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)

“The Lyons” star Linda Lavin is nominated for actress in a leading role in a play.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

Actor John Stamos.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

Da’Vine Joy Randolph of “Ghost the Musical” is nominated for actress in a featured role in a musical.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

“Nice Work If You Can Get It” actress Kelli O’Hara is nominated for actress in a leading role in a musical.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

Actor Ben Vereen.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)

“2 Broke Girls” actress Beth Behrs.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)

Will Swenson and Audra McDonald of “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.”  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

John Stamos, center, with “The Book of Mormon’s” Trey Parker and Matt Stone.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

“Gore Vidal’s The Best Man” actress Candice Bergen.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

“Don’t Dress for Dinner” actress Spencer Kayden is nominated for actress in a featured role in a play.  (Mike Coppola / Getty Images)

“Other Desert Cities” star Judith Light later won for actress in a featured role in a play.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)

Actor and presenter Paul Rudd.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)

Actor and presenter Nick Jonas.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)

Actor and presenter James Marsden.  (Jason Szenes / EPA)