8:03 p.m. Harris cracks, "Welcome to the 66th Annual Tony Awards, or as we like to call it, 50 Shades of Gay." Ba-dum-dum.
8:07 p.m. NPH sings! he dances! he does it all! (Standard Billy Crystal-style opener.)
8:08 p.m. Patti LuPone comes out onstage mowing a lawnmower. that is all.
8:10 p.m. Jesse Tyler Ferguson from Modern Family makes a cameo,...