AVENUE Q Puppets to Take Part in Tonys Times Square Simulcast, 6/10

The 2012 66th Annual Tony Awards will be simulcast live to Times Square on Sunday, June 10th. The event, sponsored by Official Beauty Partner of the Tony Awards, Nexxus Salon Hair Care, will be hosted by 2004 Tony Award winning musical, AVENUE Q puppets Rod and Lucy. The Tony Awards, in partnership with the Times Square Alliance and Clear Channel Spectacolor will air the Tony Awards Red Carpet courtesy of NY1 and the entirety of the Tony Awards show, including the Creative Arts Awards, on Clear Channel's SpectacolorHD screen in Times Square on Sunday, June 10th, from 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

AVENUE Q stars Rod, who works on Wall Street as an investment banker, and Lucy, known in polite circles as a 'cabaret performer,' are thrilled to join the thousands of theatre fans in Times Square to watch the Tony Awards. AVENUE Q has been part of the fabric, if you will, of the Tony Awards since the puppets made their first public appearance on the red carpet in 2003. AVENUE Q returned triumphantly to the Tonys in 2004, winning 3 Tony Awards including Best Musical. In subsequent years AVENUE Q puppets have been presenters at the Tony Awards (Rod's blue face perfectly offset Christine Ebersole's pale blue gown when they co-presented in 2006!), have served as hosts for Tony night cocktail parties and as escorts for Tony nominees on the red carpet.

Throughout the evening, fans in Times Square will get the opportunity to test their Broadway knowledge, through a Nexxus Trivia Contest. Winners will receive VIP Nexxus Gift Baskets full of ProMend Care and Styling products, which will also be given to the Tony Award presenters.

The simulcast will take place, rain or shine, with full audio with seating available, starting at 6:00 p.m. in Duffy Square, throughout the evening.

For those not in the New York City area, the Tony Awards will be broadcast live, from the Beacon Theatre on CBS, Sunday, June 10th, 8:00 – 11:00 p.m. (ET/PT time delay). The 2012 Tony Awards are presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.

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