Tony Nominees to Perform on 'Regis & Kelly,' June 4-8

Tickets to a Broadway show are a given for visitors to New York City, but during the week of June 4-8, 2007, top morning talker "Live with Regis and Kelly" will give the show's nationwide TV audience a sampling of the best in musical theatre during "Broadway Week 2007."

The recent Antoinette Perry "Tony" Award nominations highlighted a stellar group of top-notch productions, and "Live" will showcase five of the nominees in a week-long salute to the best that Broadway has to offer.

All four musicals nominated in the Best Musical category will be featured on "Live." Spring Awakening garnered the most nominations of any show this season, and will kick off the week with a performance of "Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind" by John Gallagher Jr. and former "Live with Regis and Kelly" Relly winner Lauren Pritchard.  The legendary Christine Ebersole will join Grey Gardens co-star Erin Davie in singing "Peas in a Pod"; David Hyde Pierce and cast members from Curtains will perform "Show People"; and the cast of Mary Poppins will light up the "Live" stage with the show-stopping number "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."

In addition, from Best Revival of a Musical nominee Company, Raul Esparza will offer a solo performance of the song "Being Alive."

"Live with Regis and Kelly" is executive produced by Michael Gelman, and is distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television.  Produced by WABC-TV in New York, "Live with Regis and Kelly" airs in more than 200 markets across the country.

Photo of John Gallagher Jr. by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.