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VIDEO: Aaron Tveit Talks Presenting on This Year's TONY AWARDS on 'Live'

By: Jun. 10, 2016
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Aaron Tveit visited today's LIVE WITH KELLY and chatted with Kelly Ripa and co-host Alec Baldwin about being a presenter at this Sunday's Tony Awards. "I couldn't be more excited," says the actor. "I got to perform twice with NEXT TO NORMAL and CATCH ME IF YOU CAN and so to get to go back now, it's a historic year in the American theater, so it's pretty great to be a part of it." Watch the appearance below!

Tveit will soon be seen in the upcoming feature films "Stereotypically You" and "Undrafted." This summer, he will be featured in the network thriller "Braindead" on CBS. The actor recently starred in FOX's GREASE LIVE and the cable series "Graceland." Prior to "Graceland," he portrayed the character "Enjolras" in Tom Hooper's 2012 award-winning film adaption of "Les Miserables." Other feature credits include "Big Sky," "Howl," "Premium Rush" and "Ghost Town."

On Broadway, he starred in "Catch Me If You Can," and also created the role of "Gabe" in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical, "Next To Normal." Other Broadway credits include "Wicked," "Hairspray" and "Rent." Recently, Tveit starred in the critically acclaimed U.K. revival of "Assassins," portraying John Wilkes Booth. Television audiences will also recognize him from his recurring role of "Trip Van der Bilt" on "Gossip Girl," as well as numerous guest-starring roles on "The Good Wife," "Ugly Betty" and "Law And Order: Special Victims Unit."

Photo credit: David M. Russell/Disney-ABC Home Entertainment and TV Distribution




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