by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

Bryan Cranston, Neil Patrick Harris, Idina Menzel and Chris O’Dowd were just a few of the 2014 Tony Award Nominees who attended the Tony Honors Cocktail Party on June 2nd evening at the Paramount Hotel, in view of the ceremony which will take place on the 8th at The Broadway League.

The event presented the 2014 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre and honors the 2014 Special Award Recipients:

The 2014 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre recipients are Joe Benincasa, Joan Marcus and Charlotte Wilcox. The 2014 Special Award Recipients are Rosie O’Donnell (Isabelle Stevenson Award) and Jane Greenwood (Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre).

Amongst the nominees and guests who attended were Reed Birney (Casa Valentina),Danny Burstein (Cabaret), Nick Cordero (Bullets over Broadway), Bryan Cranston (All the Way), Tyne Daly (Mothers and Sons), Linda Emond (Cabaret), Harvey Fierstein(Casa Valentina), Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Neil Patrick Harris (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Joshua Henry (Violet), James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin), Latanya Richardson Jackson (A Raisin in the Sun), Ramin Karimloo (Les Miserables), Andy Karl (Rocky), Celia Keenan-Bolger (The Glass Menagerie), Adriane Lenox (After Midnight), Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun), Jefferson Mays (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder), Douglas McGrath (Beautiful, The Carole King Musical), Alan Menken(Aladdin), Idina Menzel (If/Then), Jessie Mueller (Beautiful, The Carole King Musical),Kelli O’Hara (The Bridges of Madison County), Chris O’Dowd (Of Mice and Men),Sophie Okonedo (A Raisin in the Sun), Estelle Parsons (The Velocity of Autumn), Bryce Pinkham (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder), Anika Noni Rose (A Raisin in the Sun), Tony Shalhoub (Act One), Brian J. Smith (The Glass Menagerie), Jarrod Spector(Beautiful – The Carole King Musical) Isabel Toledo (After Midnight), Darko Tresnjak (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder), Mare Winningham (Casa Valentina) Lauren Worsham (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder), along with Charlotte St. Martin, Executive Director of The Broadway League, Heather Hitchens, Executive Director of the American Theatre Wing, Nick Scandalios, Chairman of The Broadway League,William Ivey Long Chairman of the American Theatre Wing.

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