WHO? ME!? EXCITED? YOU MUST BE OUT OF YOUR MIND.

Or, correct. Either way.
This morning's press release is enough to make me squeal like a rowdy pig in slop.
(Look at the performance announcements to understand why...):

The June 6th telecast of the American Theatre Wing’s 58th annual Tony Awards ceremony will be a star-studded affair.

The CBS broadcast will be hosted by Hugh Jackman [Editor's Note: Ugh.], and will include appearances by the previously announced Nicole Kidman, Tony Bennett, and Mary J. Blige.

On May 26, Executive Producers Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss revealed that joining Ms. Kidman as presenters will include current nominees Anne Heche (Twentieth Century) and Phylicia Rashad (A Raisin in the Sun); two-time Tony winners Nathan Lane [Editor's Note: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, YES! Okay. I'm done.] (set to return to Broadway next month in The Frogs), John Lithgow (seen on Broadway this season in The Retreat from Moscow), Chita Rivera, and Bernadette Peters (now on Broadway in Gypsy); 2003 Tony winners Billy Joel, Marissa Jaret Winokur and Jane Krakowski; rap star Sean Combs (currently starring on Broadway in A Raisin in the Sun); Rent and Chicago star Taye Diggs; “Saturday Night Live” personality Jimmy Fallon; past Tony-winner Joel Grey (Wicked); Broadway/Hollywood star and novelist Ethan Hawke (Henry IV); two-time Grammy Award-winner LL Cool J; stage and film star Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation); star of the upcoming Broadway revival of After the Fall Peter Krause (“Six Feet Under”); past Tony and Oscar nominee and current star of Broadway’s Sight Unseen Laura Linney; 2000 Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell; film and London stage giant Helen Mirren; Oscar-winner and recent Off Broadway star Anna Paquin; lyricist Carole Bayer Sager (They’re Playing Our Song and The Boy from Oz); 1999 Tony winner Martin Short; stage and film personality Patrick Stewart (this season’s The Caretaker); and noted stage and screen stars Sigourney Weaver and Sarah Jessica Parker.

They also announced that Mary J. Blige and Tony Bennett will each perform a musical salute to Broadway featuring their own interpretations of classic Broadway tunes featured in the newly published Tony Awards Songbook, a collection of songs from Tony Award-winning Best Musicals. Blige will perform “What I Did for Love” from the 1976 Best Musical A Chorus Line, while Bennett will deliver his rendition of “The Lullaby of Broadway” from 42nd Street, the 1981 winner. [Editor's Note: That should be a sad moment for Broadway.]

The Tony telecast will include performances of the following numbers from nominated Best Musicals and Best Musical Revivals:

Assassins ­ Nominees Michael Cerveris, Denis O’Hare and company [Editor's Note: That little caption "and company" reveals that James Barbour is performing. James. My little Jamesy-poo. Ahh...] will perform “Everybody’s Got the Right.” Avenue Q ­ Nominees John Tartaglia, Stephanie D’Abruzzo and company will entertain with “It Sucks to Be Me.” [Editor's Note: Luckily for me, it's my absolute favorite number in the show.] The Boy from Oz ­ Nominee Hugh Jackman will prove (as Peter Allen) that he is “Not the Boy Next Door.” Caroline, or Change ­ Nominee Tonya Pinkins will sing “Lot’s Wife.” Fiddler on the Roof ­ Nominee Alfred Molina will lead the company in “Tradition.” [Editor's Note: We'll have to see how little Alfred can compare to the omnipotent Zero.] Wicked ­ Nominees Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth will perform the show’s act-one finale, “Defying Gravity.” [Editor's Note: Well, duh. What else would they perform? A Joel Grey number? No. They're both up for Best Leading Actress, and by God, they're going to milk it for more than it's worth. I just can't wait to see Menzel fight for a high note and ruin Chenoweth's chances, too.] Wonderful Town ­ Nominee Donna Murphy will lead the company in the production number “Swing.”
The executive producers also announced that the telecast will include moments from this year’s Best Play nominees (Anna in the Tropics, Frozen, I Am My Own Wife and The Retreat from Moscow) and Best Revival of a Play nominees (Henry IV, Jumpers, King Lear, A Raisin in the Sun).

Tony Night officially gets underway at 6:00 p.m. (ET) here at TonyAwards.com where you can view the stars arriving on the red carpet at Radio City Music Hall via our live video webcast. At 7:15 p.m., prior to the telecast, the first six Tony Awards will be will presented, live from the stage of Radio City and webcast via live video exclusively at TonyAwards.com. The only way to watch the presentation of these awards is to be in the house at Radio City or via the webcast on this site. The 2004 Tony Awards telecast, hosted by Hugh Jackman, follows immediately after on CBS, beginning at 8:00 p.m. (ET/delayed PT).