In light of the 64th Annual Tony Awards airing tomorrow, Sunday, June 13 at 8 Eastern/7 Central on CBS, we thought we’d take a few moments to share an information-packed post with some interesting trivia and information about these wonderful awards that celebrate musical theatre.

(Here’s a complete list of this year’s nominees!)

The show heard round the world?

The 2010 Tony Awards will be viewed across four continents and in more than 45 countries around the world. How’s that for international acclaim? Yay for musical theatre!

Tony is growing up!

According to the NY Times:

For the first time in 43 years, Tony is growing up. The Tony Award statuette — a medallion mounted on a black pedestal with a curved armature — has gotten taller and heavier in advance of Sunday night’s ceremony at Radio City Music Hall. It now stands five inches tall, up from three and a quarter inches, and weighs 3 1/2 pounds, a two-pound gain. Howard Sherman, the executive director of the American Theater Wing, which administers the Tonys in partnership with the Broadway League, said the previous one felt light in the hand, and the change was meant to make it “feel more substantial.” “We know the physical scale of the Oscars, Emmys and Grammys,” he said. “While we’re not attempting to keep up with the Joneses, we felt this is a significant award, and it could feel and look a bit more significant.” When the first Tonys were given in 1947, winners received scrolls and a money clip, for the men, or a compact, for the women. In 1949, the award was turned into a medallion inside a presentation case. In 1967, the year the awards were first televised, the medallion was mounted onto a base.

Special performances

• Sean Hayes (star of television’s “Will & Grace”), nominated for his performance in Promises, Promises, will host the 64th Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards.

• The much-talked about opening medley will feature a pop-flavor, and includes 2010 Tony nominee Sherie Rene Scott performing a portion of “Up the Ladder” from her show, Everyday Rapture; the cast of Million Dollar Quartet performing “Blue Suede Shoes”; and many more surprises.

• Catherine Zeta-Jones will sing Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns,” from the Tony-nominated revival of A Little Night Music. Zeta-Jones is nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Desiree in the aforementioned musical.

• “Glee” stars Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele will also perform, though it’s not yet clear if they will perform together or separately.

• The entire cast of Million Dollar Quartet will perform a medley of “Down by the Riverside,” “Party,” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” Nominated for Best Musical, this show tells the story of an impromptu jam session in 1956 that featured Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. The entire cast consists of Eddie Clendening, Lance Guest, Tony-nominee Levi Kreis, Rob Lyons, Hunter Foster, and Elizabeth Stanley.

• The cast of Memphis will be led by Tony nominees Montego Glover and Chad Kimball in a medley of “Radio” and “Steal Your Rock ‘n’ Roll.” This critically-acclaimed musical tells the story of a white radio DJ who falls in love with a black singer in the 1950s in the midst of racial tension.

• The American punk rock trio Green Day will be making a special appearance and performance, in light of their rock-opera-turned-musical American Idiot, also nominated for 3 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

• The cast of the rock-opera American Idiot, the Tony-nominated musical inspired by the 2004 Green Day punk album of the same name, will be singing the title song.

• The cast of Promises, Promises (starring Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes) will perform.

• The cast of Come Fly Away, the Twyla Tharp show set to Frank Sinatra classics, will also perform.

• Christiane Noll, of the revival of Ragtime, will perform a portion of the ballad “Back to Before.” She is also nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical.

• The cast of La Cage aux Folles, which features 2010 Tony nominees Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge, will perform “The Best of Times.”

• The entire cast of Fela! will offer a montage of songs and scenes written especially for the Tony telecast. Fela! is an autobiographical show that tells the story of late Nigerian musician and political figure Fela Anikulapo Kuti,

Presenters for the 64th Annual Tony Awards

In alphabetical order:

• Paula Abdul
• Antonio Banderas
• Justin Bartha
• Patrick Breen
• Laura Benanti
• Cate Blanchett
• Laura Bell Bundy
• Michael Cerveris
• Kristin Chenoweth
• Barbara Cook
• Viola Davis
• Michael Douglas
• Kelsey Grammer
• Rosemary Harris
• Patrick Heusinger
• Katie Holmes
• Brian d’Arcy James
• Scarlett Johansson
• Angela Lansbury
• Anthony LaPaglia
• Laura Linney
• Lucy Liu
• Jane Maxwell
• Idina Menzel
• Lea Michele
• Helen Mirren
• Alfred Molina
• Matthew Morrison
• Chris Noth
• Bernadette Peters
• David Hyde Pierce
• Daniel Radcliffe
• Eddie Redmayne
• Mark Sanchez
• Liev Schreiber
• Tony Shaloub
• Will & Jada Pinkett Smith
• Stanley Tucci
• Denzel Washington
• Racquel Welch

If you’re in NYC, check out the Times Square simulcast

You know that big screen at Times Square? Well, the Tony Awards are taking it over! The entire ceremony is scheduled to be broadcast on the Clear Channel Spectacolor HD screen in Times Square at Broadway and 47th Street, beginning at 6 PM, until 11 PM.  Constantine Maroulis (Tony-nominated for Rock of Ages) will host. Get there early, because you’ll want to grab a seat — and a limited 1,000 seats will be available for the 5-hour event. The event will also feature New York 1′s pre-show, complete with red carpet coverage. From 7-8 PM, viewers will enjoy the first 15 Tony Award categories (known as the Creative Arts Tony Awards), which are not usually shown live and are available on the Tony Awards website. Of course, all of this will culminate in the national broadcast of the 64th Annual Tony Awards, which begins at 8 PM. Special guests will appear throughout the evening, including Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child and Chicago on Broadway.

For those who cannot make it out to Times Square, CBS will offer sneak-peeks at the festivities throughout the evening.

Still can’t get enough? Visit TonyAwards.com for more information!