2013 Tonys - @BroadwayGirlNYC's Live Blog!

Two amazing female directors have been recognized tonight. That makes me extra proud to be a woman in theatre. #TonyAwards

Best Director of a Play goes to... PAM MCKINNON for @WoolfonBroadway!!! #TonyAwards

DIANE PAULUS just won BEST DIRECTOR for @PippinMusical! Nominated for HAIR & Porgy & Bess... IMHO, this award represents all three. #Tonys

Dang! @MarthaPlimpton looks goregous and dare I say REGAL in a long red dress!!! #TonyAwards

"You haven't lived until you've seen @MikeTyson in a pair of Kinky Boots." -- @ActuallyNPH #TonyAwards

It's no wonder William Ivey Long won for Best Costume Design of a Musical (awarded during commercial). The @CinderellaBway gowns are #magic!

"You'd be surprised how many beautiful gowns have crazy women in them" -- VIctoria Clark as "Crazy Marie," @CinderellaBway #TonyAwards

Characters from @RockOfAges think they're introducing the 80s band CINDERELLA. Har har har!! Instead it's a @CinderellaBway performance!!!

GABRIEL EBERT wins for @MatildaBroadway, Best Featured Actor in a Musical!! Presented by (non-nominees) Scarlett Johansson and @AlanCumming.

...I think I overdid it with the #TonysDrinkingGame. Next year, lots fewer rules :-/ http://bitly.com/19crN6s #YouMightWantToStopDrinkingNow

@ryannreds Totally missed you in the @BringItOn performance!! Wherever you are I hope you're doing something AMAZING!! #TonyAwards

How could I forget how fabulous La Cienega from @BringItOn was/is?! @GHaney22 better work!!!! #TonyAwards

Time for a performance by the high-flying @BringItOn cast -- need I see #BringItBACK?! So great to see you all up there again!! #TonyAwards

Judith Light: "The women in this category have made this a celebration, not a competition" #TonyAwards @MTC_NYC

JUDITH LIGHT wins @TheTonyAwards for the second year in a row!!!! #TonyAwards

Tom Hanks announcing the nominees for Featured Actress in a Play. LOVING the #BlackStache, btw, @TomHanks!! #TonyAwards

Did I make "a @JustinBeiber mention" a reason to drink for the #TonysDrinkingGame? No? Well it makes me want to drink anyway. #TonyAwards

Alternate w/ H2O, silly!! RT ‏@ArtWineWhimsy Anyone playing #TonysDrinkingGame has already been sent to the hospital with alcohol poisoning

At this moment I'm really glad I already have tix to see @MatildaBroadway for the 3rd & 4th times bc that shiz is gonna sell out for years.

Who knew that "a little bit naughty" was actually spelled NORTY? @MatildaBroadway #TonyAwards @TimMinchin #revolting

MATILDA PERFORMANCE!! No secret that @MatildaBroadway is my favorite show of the season. Been waiting for this one. #TonyAwards

.@CourtneyBVance: "I'd like to thank George C. Wolfe, George C. Wolfe, and George C. Wolfe" #TonyAwards @LuckyGuyPlay

And @TheTonyAwards for Best Featured Actor in a Play goes to... @CourtneyBVance!!!!! #TonyAwards His first Tony, third nomination!!!

Audra McDonald and Zach Quinto announce nominees for Best Featured Actor in a Play. #TonyAwards

NPH referred to "8 shows a week" AND there was a @LesMiserables mention AND there was a standing ovation -- THREE DRINKS! #TonysDrinkingGame

BEST OPENING NUMBER EVER AT @THETONYAWARDS?!?!? OMG can I please buy this on #itunes RIGHT NOW?!?!?

There are @Newsies in the aisles -- "about 150 of those punks" according to NPH! @TheTonyAwards #TonyAwards

Mike Tyson just tried to bite @ActuallyNPH's ear off in @TheTonyAwards opening number! And now a million kids dancing in unison! #TonyAwards

"You could bounce a quarter/ off the ass of Billy Porter!" - Opening Number @TheTonyAwards #TonyAwards

Did everyone take their (ONE) drink to celebrate @ActuallyNPH's hotness?! #TonysDrinkingGame #TonyAwards

. @TheTonyAwards have officially begun!!!!!!!!!!

ARE!! YOU!! READY!!!!!!!!!!! #TonyAwards

I may want to come back in my next life as @ANALEIGHASHFORD. Hers is one of my fave performances of the season and DAMN does she look hot!!

WORK IT @_CicelyTyson!!! Hot bangs and purple satin dress with huge ruffly detail!!! #TonyAwards

Hard not to be blinded by @AndrewRannells' gorgeous smile, even when he's in the background while someone else gets interviewed #TonyAwards

.@HarveyFierstein & @CyndiLauper on the red carpet together - Cyn has hot, newly dyed dark red locks (which match Harvey's tie)! #TonyAwards

Is anyone in the whole world as beautiful as @AudraEqualityMc?!?!? #TonyAwards

.@Matt_Morrison: "Most people know me from @GLEEonFOX, but my heart is here on #Broadway and I can't wait to be back on the New York stage."

I swoon a bit every time I see @PasekAndPaul, as they continue to live their @TheTonyAwards dreams. Happy bday, @BenjPasek! You're OUR gift.

Looking like a true #prince & #princess... @LauraOsnes & @SantinoFontana are lighting up @TheTonyAwards red carpet. Only missing the crowns!

.@MikeTyson "Tonight I'm doing something very exhilarating [on @TheTonyAwards]. You'll have to tune in to find out" #TonyAwards

David Hyde Pierce: "The longer I'm in @VanyaSonia, the more I identify with my character. I think maybe I'm turning into Christopher Durang"

Kristine Nielsen on Maggie Smith: "She sent me a lovely birthday card that said, 'I wish I could be there to see you being me!'" #TonyAwards

Victoria Clark wearing a red carpet dress by William Ivey Long -- who also designed her incredible gown(s) in @CinderellaBway!! #TonyAwards

Victoria Clark, Jane Krakowski, Richard Kind, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson all hugging & kissing in the background on @TheTonyAwards red carpet!!

Jerry Mitchell: "These are my 7th & 8th nominations. I've surpassed @HarveyFierstein by 1! Then again, I only have 1 Tony, so..." @jammyprod

Wow! @ValisiaLeKae is a vision in purple!!! She & Charl Brown singing impromtu "My Girl" to @FDilella on @TheTonyAwards red carpet!!

Tom Hanks: "No definite plans to take @LuckyGuyPlay to #London, but the idea's in our hearts if not in our pocketbooks - yet." #TonyAwards

Tom Hanks: "I'd never read a play that captured this essence of journalism before Nora Ephron's @LuckyGuyPlay." #TonyAwards cc @TomHanks

TRACY LETTS & CARRIE COON ARE ENGAGED!!! They met in @WoolfonBroadway!!!! I love love. #TonyAwards

Laurie Metcalf on @TheTonyAwards red carpet with her daughter Zoe, beautiful in black! #TonyAwards

Christopher Durang and @LauraBenanti on the carpet. Laura looking INCREDIBLE in royal blue. Durang looking healthy & happy! #TonyAwards

I never get tired of seeing those cutie @Newsies boys. #amiright? #TonyAwards

Judith Light: "This [#Broadway] community always makes me feel that I am coming home. So welcoming, so wonderful, so kind." #TonyAwards