Harry Smith to Host Tony Awards Preview Concert; Creel, Block, Foster to Perform

By Andrew Gans
15 May 2009

Hair's Gavin Creel will perform at the Tony Awards Preview concert.
Hair's Gavin Creel will perform at the Tony Awards Preview concert.

Harry Smith — of CBS' "The Early Show" — will host the May 18 Visa Signature Tony Awards Preview Concert, which features performances by a host of Broadway actors.

The annual concert will air in New York on WCBS-TV (Channel 2) May 30 at 7 PM and on CBS affiliates May 29-June 6; check local listings.

Among those scheduled to perform are Lauren Graham and Kate Jennings Grant from Guys & Dolls; Gavin Creel and the cast of Hair; Matt Cavanaugh and Josefina Scaglione from West Side Story; Stephanie Block from 9 to 5: The Musical; Carole Shelley from Billy Elliot, The Musical;  Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano and Aaron Tveit from Next to Normal; Constantine Maroulis and Amy Spanger from Rock of Ages; and Sutton Foster, Leah Greenhaus and Marissa O'Donnell from Shrek The Musical.

The by-invitation-only concert will be held at The Hudson Theatre, 145 West 44th Street.