Hugh Jackman will return to host the 68th Tony Awards in June, his fourth time overseeing the ceremony.
Tony Awards recognize achievement in live Broadway theatre.
Hugh Jackman previously presided over the ceremony from 2003-2005.
He won an Emmy for his hosting duties in 2004, the same year his performance in the musical The Boy from Oz secured him a Tony Award of his own.
Neil Patrick Harris helmed the ceremony for the fourth time last year, but is acting on Broadway this Spring.
Hugh Jackman will return to host the 68th Tony Awards in June
“Hugh is an extraordinary talent and loyal supporter of the Broadway community – whether he is on-stage or in the audience,” said a joint statement from Tony Awards chiefs Charlotte St Martin and Heather Hitchens.
“We are honored to have him back as host,” they continued, praising Hugh Jackman’s versatility and showmanship.
He was last seen on Broadway in 2011 with a hugely successful one-man show and also appeared in A Steady Rain with Daniel Craig in 2009.
Hugh Jackman recently pulled out of a new Broadway musical in which he was set to play famous illusionist Harry Houdini, blaming scheduling demands.
This year’s Tony Awards ceremony will take place on June 8 at New York’s Radio City Music Hall and will be broadcast live on the CBS network. This year’s nominations will be announced on April 29 in New York.
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The 67th Annual Tony Awards were held on June 9, 2013, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2012–2013 season.
The ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and was broadcast live on CBS television. Neil Patrick Harris was the host, for the fourth time (his third consecutive year hosting).
Best Play: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.
Best Musical: Kinky Boots.
Best Book of a Musical: Matilda the Musical
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Kinky Boots.
Best Revival of a Play: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Revival of a Musical: Pippin.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Tracy Letts, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Performance by an Actress in Leading Role in a Play: Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Billy Porter, Kinky Boots.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Patina Miller, Pippin.
The 67th Annual Tony Awards were held on June 9, 2013, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2012–2013 season
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Courtney B. Vance, Lucky Guy.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Judith Light, The Assembled Parties.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Gabriel Ebert, Matilda the Musical.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Andrea Martin, Pippin.
Best Direction of a Play: Pam MacKinnon, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Direction of a Musical: Diane Paulus, Pippin
Best Choreography: Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots
Best Orchestrations: Stephen Oremus, Kinky Boots
Best Scenic Design of a Play: John Lee Beatty, The Nance
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Rob Howell, Matilda the Musical
Best Costume Design of a Play: Ann Roth, The Nance
Best Costume Design of a Musical: William Ivey Long, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer, Lucky Guy
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Hugh Vanstone, Matilda the Musical
Best Sound Design of a Play: Leon Rothenberg, The Nance
Best Sound Design of a Musical: John Shivers, Kinky Boots
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre: Bernard Gersten, Paul Libin, Ming Cho Lee
Regional Theatre Award: Huntington Theatre Company
Isabelle Stevenson Award: Larry Kramer
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