The Broadway League and American Theatre Wing announced that out actor Neil Patrick Harris will host this year’s Tony Awards live from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 7.Harris is a TV icon for his role on Doogie Howser, M.D. early in his career and later took a hilarious turn playing himself in Harold and Kumar Go To WhiteCastle. The out actor currently stars on the hit CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. N.P.H. also starred in Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.
Harris has won rave reviews for his work in theater on both coasts, starring in Cabaret and Proof on Broadway, and All My Sons and Rent in California productions.
The L.A.Times nominated Harris for the hosting gig, noting the theater aficionado is “currently producing the theatrical mystery show, Accomplice,” which allows participants to experience a live Hollywood mystery, somewhat similar to premise of the film the Game, and he’s, “served multiple times as the host of the Ovation Awards, which honor achievements in Los Angeles theater,” in the past.
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