Photos: Guide to the 2014 Tony Awards

Neil Patrick Harris, who hosted the Tonys in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013, steps on stage this year as a first-time nominee to perform with the cast of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”  (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)

Patti LaBelle will join singers Gladys Knight and Fantasia for a performance with the cast of “After Midnight.”  (Brad Barket / Getty Images for SiriusXM)

Bradley Cooper will be one of many Hollywood stars who will present awards at the Tony Awards on June 8.  (Axel Schmidt / Associated Press)

2014 Tony nominee Idina Menzel will perform a selection from the new musical “If/Then.”  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Zach Braff made his Broadway debut in April 2014 with “Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical,” an adaptation of Woody Allen’s 1994 film.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

2014 Tony nominee Sutton Foster will perform with the cast of “Violet.” The actress, singer and dancer has won two Tonys for lead actress in a musical: “Anything Goes” (2011) and “Thoroughly Modern Millie” (2002).  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Sting will perform a song from his upcoming musical, “The Last Ship.”  (Hussein Malla / Associated Press)

The comedian was nominated for a Tony in 2009 for his one-man show, “You’re Welcome America: A Final Night With George W. Bush.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Alan Cumming will be reprising his 1998 Tony Award-winning role in a performance from the revival of “Cabaret.”  (Jennifer S. Altman / For The Times)

Acclaimed actor, director and producer Clint Eastwood will present at the 2014 Tony Awards. Eastwood directed the upcoming screen adaptation of 2006 Tony Award-winning musical “Jersey Boys,” scheduled for release this June.  (Kevin Winter / Getty Images for Spike TV)

Carole King will make an appearance at the Tony Awards. The biographical “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” received seven Tony Award nominations.  (Ethan Miller / Getty Images for Keep Memory Ali)

The actress has repeatedly returned to the stage between filming, most recently playing Masha in Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Gladys Knight will join singers Patti LaBelle and Fantasia for a performance with the cast of “After Midnight.”  (Courtesy Pacific Symphony / Daily Pilot)

The actor has received critical acclaim for his acting in Shakespearean plays, including titular roles in “Henry V” and “Macbeth.”   (Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images)

The actress has received a Golden Globe nomination for her on-screen portrayal of “The Phantom of the Opera’s” Christine Daae.  (Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty Images)

A-lister Anna Gunn will join host Hugh Jackman onstage at Radio City Music Hall.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Kate Mara, who made her stage debut in 2003, was most recently cast as the Invisible Woman in a new movie version of “Fantastic Four.”  (Todd Williamson / Invision / Associated Press)

Actor-producer Zachary Quinto, best known for playing Spock in the 2009 “Star Trek” reboot and its sequel, recently ended a Broadway reprisal of “The Glass Menagerie.”  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Kevin Bacon made his Broadway debut in the 1983 production of “Slab Boys” and returned in 2002 for “An Almost Holy Picture.” Most recently he performed in the Dustin Lance Black play “8,” a reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California’s Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Leighton Meester is best known for her portrayal of Blair Waldorf in the teen drama “Gossip Girl.”  (Brad Barket / Getty Images)

Grammy-winning couple Gloria and Emilio Estefan will also make an appearance at the Tony Awards.  (Ethan Miller / Getty Images)

Actor Ethan Hawke has both directed and acted in many stage productions, most notably receiving a 2007 Tony nomination for his portrayal of Douglas Henshall in “The Coast of Utopia.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Patricia Clarkson has performed both on and off of Broadway, receiving a Drama Desk Award nomination in 1998 for her performance in “The Maiden’s Prayer.”  (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

Actress Lucy Liu began her career with stage productions in the 1990s. In 2010, Liu made her Broadway debut in Tony Award-winning play “God of Carnage.”  (Jemal Countess / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

“Chuck” star Zachary Levi most recently played a lead role in 2013 Broadway musical comedy “First Date.”  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

“White Collar” actor Matt Bomer made his Broadway debut in the Dustin Lance Black play, “8.”  (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press)

Jennifer Hudson will perform a number from the new musical “Finding Neverland.”  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

The actress and writer will introduce Jennifer Hudson for a special performance at the Tonys.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Orlando Bloom, who made his professional stage debut in 2007, most recently received critical acclaim for his work in “Romeo and Juliet” on Broadway.  (Daniel Reinhardt / EPA)

Samuel L. Jackson will be attending the Tony Awards.  (Joel Ryan / Invision / Associated Press)

Judith Light has won two Tony Awards, one in 2012 for her portrayal of Silda in “Other Desert Cities,” and the other in 2013 for her performance as Faye in “The Assembled Parties.”  (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)

Rapper T.I. joins the long list of stars who will get Tony Awards stage time.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Jonathan Groff’s first acting job was in 2005 as a dance captain for the Broadway musical “In My Life.” In 2007, he received a Tony nomination for his work in “Spring Awakening.”  (Joe Scarnici / Getty Images for Variety)

“NCIS: Los Angeles” star Barrett Foa, who has played lead roles in “Avenue Q” and “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” on Broadway, most recently appeared in the 2010 musical revue “For the Record: John Hughes,” in L.A.  (Katy Winn / Associated Press)