64th Tony Awards

The 64th Annual Tony Awards took place on Sunday, June 13, 2010, held again at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The host was Sean Hayes. These awards paid tribute to Broadway productions during the 2009–2010 season. The cut off-date for Tony eligibility was April 29, 2010, and the nominations were announced on May 4.

64th Tony Awards
64th Tony Awards poster
DateJune 13, 2010
LocationRadio City Music Hall
Hosted bySean Hayes
Most awardsRed (6)
Most nominationsLa Cage aux Folles and Fela! (11)
Websitetonyawards.com
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS
Viewership7.0 million
Produced byRicky Kirshner
Glenn Weiss
Directed byGlenn Weiss

The play Red won 6 awards, including Best Play, most of the night.

The musical Memphis won four awards, including Best Musical.

Fences won three awards, including Best Revival of a Play.

La Cage aux Folles also won three awards, including Best Revival of a Musical.

The CBS television network broadcast the event, which was also simulcast live to the Clear Channel Spectacolor HD Screen in Times Square as well as on the official Tony Awards website.

The director of the telecast, Glenn Weiss, won the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety.

Among the highlights was presenter Kristin Chenoweth and Hayes poking fun at a recent Newsweek article questioning the openly gay Hayes' believability at playing heterosexual by passionately kissing.

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