A special video message from the hosts (!) of this year's Tony Awards @KChenoweth @TheTonyAwards pic.twitter.com/ikqSFw4kmG
— Alan Cumming (@Alancumming) April 28, 2015
Just after the official announcement that he and fellow Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth would be hosting the 2015 TONY AWARDS, Alan Cumming posted a special video message on Twitter. Check it out below!
Cumming recently concluded a Broadway run in CABARET. He has appeared in blockbuster films such as X2: X Men United, Spy Kids, Goldeneye, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion as well as independent movies like Sweet Land, for which he won the Independent Spirit award and Any Day Now which won him acting honors at film festivals around the world. He currently plays Eli Gold in the CBS drama The Good Wife, and also hosts Masterpiece Mystery on PBS. He most recently reprised his Tony winning performance as the EmCee in Cabaret on Broadway, fresh on the heels of his astounding, tour de force, one man Macbeth. He has performed in concert in venues around the world such as the Lincoln Center, NYC, the Sydney Opera House and the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End. For his humanitarian work and activism he has been honored by many organizations including the Matthew Shepard Foundation, the Trevor Project, GLAAD, AmFar, as well as being made an OBE (Officer of the British Empire) for his work in the arts and in the field of LGBT rights in the Queen's Honours list in 2009. His most recent accolade was the unveiling of his portrait at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Chenoweth, who is currently starring in On the Twentieth Century, has also appeared on Broadway in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards); Steel Pier (Theatre World Award) Wicked;Promises, Promises; Epic Proportions; Scapin. Off-Broadway: A New Brain, Dames at Sea, The Fantasticks, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and Strike Up the Band. Films: The Boy Next Door, Strange Magic, Rio 2, A Bet's a Bet, Hard Sell, Bewitched, The Pink Panther, RV, Running With Scissors, Stranger Than Fiction, Deck the Halls, Four Christmases. TV: "Descendants," "Pushing Daisies" (Emmy Award), "Glee," "The West Wing," "GCB," "The Good Wife," "12 Men of Christmas," "The Music Man," "Annie" and "Kristin." An Oklahoma Hall of Famer, Chenoweth has performed her solo concerts across the globe at legendary venues, including Carnegie Hall, the Royal Albert Hall and Sydney Opera House.
The 2015 Tony Awards will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, on Sunday, June 7th, 2015 (8:00 - 11:00 p.m. ET/PT time delay) on the CBS Television Network, live from the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The Tony Awards, which honors theater professionals for distinguished achievement on Broadway, has been broadcast on CBS since 1978. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
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