A number of theatre veterans will be among the presenters of the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be telecast on NBC on August 27th in a ceremony hosted by Conan O'Brien.
Among the presenters will be
Edie Falco,
Felicity Huffman,
Jeffrey Tambor and
John Lithgow, as well as
Annette Bening and
Megan Mullally--both of whom just joined the line-up.
Other presenters will include Stephen Colbert, Patrick Dempsey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus,
Tina Fey, Dennis
Haysbert, Jason Lee,
Jennifer Love Hewitt,
Heidi Klum, Hugh Laurie,
Evangeline Lilly, Eva Longoria, Wentworth Miller, Helen Mirren, William
Petersen, Jamie Pressley, Ellen Pompeo, Jon Stewart, Kiefer Sutherland,
Bradley Whitford, Charlie and
Martin Sheen,
Candice Bergen,
Ray Liotta,
Simon Cowell, Bob Newhart,
James Gandolfini and Matthew Perry, as well as the newly-announced Craig Ferguson,
Sean Hayes, Katherine Heigl, Virginia Madsen,
Howie Mandel, and
Tom Selleck.
This year's nominees from the theatre world include
Stockard Channing,
Kathy Bates,
Oliver Platt,
Alan Alda,
Alfre Woodard,
Blythe Danner,
Swoosie Kurtz,
Jeremy Irons, Bening and
Hugh Jackman, who hosted this year's Tony Awards.
Visit
www.emmys.tv for more information.
