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.

For instance, did you know that 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!

In this post we also discuss:

* The international acclaim of the Tony Awards
* Tony’s new stature
* Special performances
* Presenters
* The Times Square simulcast

Ready to see what the 64th Annual Tony Awards have to offer? Click here to read more! Also check out this year’s nominees!

Here is a complete list of all the nominees for the 2010 Tony Awards. The 2010 Tony Awards will air Sunday, June 13, at 8 Eastern/7 Central, on CBS. Actor Sean Hayes will host. For more information, visit TonyAwards.com. Nominations for the 2010 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards, presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
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The cast of the new Broadway musical, The Addams Family, will appear tonight on “The Late Show with David Letterman.” The show, which opened for previews on March 8 and officially opens April 8, features Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth as Gomez and Morticia.

If you want to see Matt Cavenaugh as Tony in the 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story at the Palace Theatre, you should get your tickets ASAP! He will be play his last performance with the show on Dec. 13.

If you miss out, you can always hear him on the new 2009 Broadway revival cast recording of West Side Story. (Click here to order the CD.)

His understudy Matthew Hydzik will resume the role on Dec. 15. …

Stage & screen star and Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth stars in the Lifetime original movie “12 Men of Christmas,” …

Happy Thanksgiving to our readers in the USA!
Don’t forget to tune in to Thursday’s Thanksgiving Day parades to get your fill of Broadway performances on this holiday!
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will air on CBS, from 9AM until Noon (should be the same for all time zones, but check your local listings for any discrepancies).
The following shows and songs will be featured on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade:

Bye Bye Birdie – “Put on a Happy Face”
Hair – “Aquarius”
Billy Elliot – “Shine”
Shrek – “I’m a Believer”

Other performers include:

The …

It’s a boy!
A better-late-than-never congratulations to Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs, who welcomed a baby boy on Wednesday, September 2. After he arrived, they promptly named him Walker Nathaniel Diggs.
This child is bound to have an amazing set of vocal pipes, considering both his parents have amazing voices. And he’s got good-looking genes on both sides! What a kid!
According to People.com, Diggs recently stated, “We have a couple [names] in the running. But part of us wants to see what he hits us with when we see him. We’ll see …

9 to 5, the musical based on the 1980 movie comedy that starred Dolly Parton, closed at the Marquis Theatre on September 6, after 24 previews and 148 performances.
The show, which starred Megan Hilty, Allison Janney, and Stephanie J. Block in the roles originally played in the film by Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, and Jane Fonda, followed the story of secretaries working in an oppressive office.
In case you missed it, you can still hear these lovely ladies singing the songs from the show on the 9 to 5 original Broadway …

Disney’s Broadway musical The Little Mermaid played its last performance at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on August 30.
Since it began previews November 3, 2007, and opened on January 10, 2008 at the Lunt-Fontanne, it played 50 previews and 685 regular performances.
You can still hear the cast as their voices were preserved on The Little Mermaid original Broadway cast recording.
Thomas Schumacher, producer and president of Disney Theatrical Productions, said this about the show’s close:
We are tremendously proud of the show and are confident we’ll have an excellent summer but it would be …

So, this news is a bit late, but it’s still interesting from a cultural perspective.
Producers of the revival of West Side Story decided to change the lyrics of two songs which were performed in Spanish.
According to a press statement,”‘A Boy Like That’ is now predominately sung in English to the original lyrics and selected dialogue and lyrics in ‘I Feel Pretty’ have reverted to English.” However, the Spanish lyrics in “Tonight,” sung by the Sharks, still remain.
Writer-director Arthur Laurents said this in a statement: “From the outset, the Spanish in …