Tony Award Nominations To Be Announced April 30, 2013 8:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sutton Foster to Announce 2013 Tony Nominations on April 30, Live at TonyAwards.com
By Ben Pesner

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A pair of familiar Broadway and television names will be on hand on April 30 to announce the nominations for the American Theatre Wing’s 2013 Tony Awards®. Jesse Tyler Ferguson will join Sutton Foster to do the honors in a live webcast seen on TonyAwards.com.

The Nominations Announcement webcast will begin at 8:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, April 30.

Broadway veteran Jesse Tyler Ferguson currently stars in TV’s Modern Family. He will return to his theatrical roots this summer, starring as “Dromio” in the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park production of The Comedy of Errors, May 28 to June 30 at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. His past Broadway credits include On the Town and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

Sutton Foster received Tony Awards for her performances in Anything Goes (2011) and Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002), and was nominated for Little Women (2005), The Drowsy Chaperone (2006), andShrek The Musical (2009). She currently stars in the television series Bunheads.

Ferguson and Foster will reveal the recipients of nominations in each of the 26 competitive categories. Productions that opened during the 2012-2013 Broadway season on or before the April 25 cut-off date may be eligible for Tony Awards this year.

You can get to know the 2013 Tony-eligible shows in our Spotlight Series, featuring video, photos, and more.

The 67th Annual Tony Awards, presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, will be broadcast on CBS on June 9 live from Radio City Music Hall at 8/7c (delayed PT).

Live Video Webcast, Plus Twitter and E-mail Alerts

You can watch the Nominations Announcement, which is sponsored by IBM and presented courtesy of NY1 News, live here at TonyAwards.com. Our webcast begins at 8:30 a.m. ET on April 30.

In addition to providing live video feed, we’ll post the complete list of nominees immediately afterwards. You can sign up at the top right corner of this page (full site) to receive an email alert when the nominations are posted.

And we’ll also tweet the nominations live at Twitter.com/TheTonyAwards.

CBS This Morning will air a portion of the nominations live. The NYC cable TV channel NY1 will carry the event in its entirety, as will TonyAwards.com. Our live video webcast is courtesy of NY1.

The Nominations Announcement takes place at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center at Lincoln Center.  There is no admission to the public.

Here is a complete calendar of 2013 Tony Awards events.

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