Photos:: Tony Awards 2014: Show highlights
Actress Jennifer Hudson belts out a song onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
The cast of “Beautiful” performs onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Bryan Cranston accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play for “All the Way.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
T.I., from left, Hugh Jackman and LL Cool J bring hip-hop flair onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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The cast of “Bullets Over Broadway” performs onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Nick Cordero and Helene Yorke and the cast “Bullets Over Broadway” perform. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Production)
Audra McDonald accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play for “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.” It was her record sixth Tony Award. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Award Productions)
Neil Patrick Harris and the cast of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” perform onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Neil Patrick Harris and the cast of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” get rowdy onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Director Kenny Leon, right, speaks onstage alongside the cast of “A Raisin in the Sun,” which won best revival of a play. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Actor Jefferson Mays performs “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Production)
Lisa O’Hare, Bryce Pinkham and Lauren Worsham of “A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder” perform onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )
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Hugh Jackman presents Jessie Mueller with the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical for “Beautiful.”
(Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Production)Producer David Binder accepts the award for best revival of a musical with the cast of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Actors Leighton Meester, left, and Tony Goldwyn. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Sting performs the title song from his upcoming musical “The Last Ship” onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Host Hugh Jackman breaks out a pose. (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press)
Singer Carole King speaks onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Production)
Gladys Knight, left, Fantasia Barrino and Patti Labelle perform with the cast of “After Midnight.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Gladys Knight gets into the swing of things onstage. (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press)
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Neil Patrick Harris accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical for “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )
Terence Archie and the cast of “Rocky” get physical onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )
The cast of “Rocky” box it out onstage. (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP )
Mark Rylance accepts the award for best actor in a featured role for “Twelfth Night.” (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press)
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Tina Fey, from left, Kevin Bacon and Kate Mara share a backstage moment. (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )
Kyle Scatliffe performs with the cast of “Les Miserables.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Nikki M. James performs onstage with the cast of “Les Miserables.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Actress Lucy Liu speaks onstage. (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP )
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Film director-actor Clint Eastwood presents an award. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Recording artists LL Cool J, left, and T.I. strike a pose backstage. (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Playwright Harvey Fierstein speaks onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Sophie Okonedo speaks after winning the Tony Award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play for “A Raisin in the Sun.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Andy Karl and the cast of “Rocky” perform onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
A cast member of “Rocky” is aglow onstage. (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP )
The cast of “Rocky” perform onstage. (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP )
Emilio and Gloria Estefan speak onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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RuPaul speaks onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Matt Bomer and Zachary Quinto speak onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Production)
Actors Orlando Bloom and Anna Gunn. (Evan Agostini / Invision / Associated Press)
Aussie actor and host of the evening Hugh Jackman, center, and the cast of “After Midnight” perform.
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Rosie O’Donnell accepts the Isabelle Stevenson Award. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Brian Ronan accepts the award for best sound design of a musical for the Carole King musical “Beautiful.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Actress Jessie Mueller, left, and singer Carole King perform onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )
Actress Emmy Rossum. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Actors Patrick Wilson and Judith Light speak onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Actors Jenni Barber, left, and Christine Dwyer of “Wicked” pose backstage. (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Tony Awards Production)
Host Hugh Jackman busts out a dance move. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Actors James Monroe Iglehart, left, and Adam Jacobs perform a scene from “Aladdin.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Actor Alan Cumming speaks onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Lena Hall accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a feature role in a musical for “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Alan Cumming and the cast of “Cabaret” perform onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Alan Cumming makes his “Cabaret” emcee come alive onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Maggie Gyllenhaal speaks onstage. (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP)
James Monroe Iglehart accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical for “Aladdin.” (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP)
Actors Fran Drescher and Zachary Levi speak onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Idina Menzel performs songs from “If/Then” onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
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Recording artist Jennifer Hudson stands tall backstage. (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )
Actors Ethan Hawke and Vera Farmiga speak onstage. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Costume designer Jane Greenwood accepts the special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theater. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Darko Tresnjak accepts the Tony Award for best direction of a musical for “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.” (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Award Productions)
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Actors Zachary Quinto, left, and Matt Bomer pose backstage. (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions )
Actor Hugh Jackman closes out the evening’s ceremonies. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)