Tony award winner Whoopi Goldberg has signed on to host the 62nd annual Tony Awards, to be broadcast live on June 15 from Radio City Music Hall. The Tony's have gone two years without a single master of ceremonies, instead working with a lot of different presenters. Interestingly, this will mark Whoopi's first time as emcee of this huge theatre event. Whoopi has hosted the Oscars four times.
Patti Lupone and the cast of Gypsy headed into the recording studio last week to lay down tracks for a recording of the current version of the show. The recording will be released in August on Time Life records...
