2012 Tony Awards Will Host Times Square Visitor Center Showcase

The Tony Awards will host the second annual Tony Awards Showcase at the Times Square Museum and Visitor Center (located on Seventh Avenue between 46^th and 47^th Streets).  The Tony Awards Showcase will run from today through the Tony Awards on Sunday, June 10^th. Admission to the 2012 Tony Showcase is free to the public. 

“We are thrilled to be able to once again share these pieces of Tony history with Broadway fans, both here in New York City, and those visiting from around the world,” said Heather Hitchens, Executive Director of the American Theatre Wing. “The Times Square Museum and Visitor Center, located right in the heart of Times Square, is the perfect place for us to celebrate the Tony Award legacy,” said Charlotte St. Martin, Executive Director of The Broadway League. 

The 2012 Tony Award Showcase will include historic Tony memorabilia from the past 66 years including an actual Tony Award, an Audemars Piguet Clock from the Tony Awards Red Carpet and costumes from Tony nominated and winning shows includingEvita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Porgy and Bess, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, Sunset Boulevard, Phantom of the Opera, and many others, all of which are on loan from Theatre Development Fund's Costume Collection. 

The 2012 Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from the Beacon Theatre on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 10, 2012. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.  For more information on the Tony Awards, please visit www.TonyAwards.com