[h=3]By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY[/h] Updated
7:31: At the Beacon Theatre in New York City, everybody's making their way on the red carpet, including Ricky Martin. Martin, who is part of the evening's Evita performance, is even doing some interviews in Spanish, according to our reporter Cindy Clark.
Steve Kazee, left, and Cristin Milioti star in "Once," which leads all Tony Award nominations with 11.
7:27 p.m. EST: Welcome to USA TODAY's live Tony Awards coverage. Once leads all productions with 11 Tony nominations, and it'll vie for best musical with another Great White Way adaptation from a Hollywood film, Newsies, which is up for eight trophies. (Another project with some film star power: Mike Nichols' revival of Death of a Salesman, which features two actor nominees, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield.) Porgy and Bess and Nice Work If You Can Get It are up for 10 Tonys each in the ceremony, which will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.
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7:31: At the Beacon Theatre in New York City, everybody's making their way on the red carpet, including Ricky Martin. Martin, who is part of the evening's Evita performance, is even doing some interviews in Spanish, according to our reporter Cindy Clark.
Joan Marcus, AP
Steve Kazee, left, and Cristin Milioti star in "Once," which leads all Tony Award nominations with 11.
Steve Kazee, left, and Cristin Milioti star in "Once," which leads all Tony Award nominations with 11.
7:27 p.m. EST: Welcome to USA TODAY's live Tony Awards coverage. Once leads all productions with 11 Tony nominations, and it'll vie for best musical with another Great White Way adaptation from a Hollywood film, Newsies, which is up for eight trophies. (Another project with some film star power: Mike Nichols' revival of Death of a Salesman, which features two actor nominees, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield.) Porgy and Bess and Nice Work If You Can Get It are up for 10 Tonys each in the ceremony, which will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.
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