>> ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

IT'S THIS NEXT SINGER'S FOURTH

TIME SINGIN' IN THIS PUB, SO CUT

HIM SOME SLACK.

HE'S SINGING SOMETHING NEW.

>> HI.

I'M NEIL.

I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF SOMEONE

ELSE HADN'T PASSED ON HOSTING,

SO SPECIAL THANKS TO SHIA

LABEOUF FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

( LAUGHTER )

♪ ♪

♪ I CAN BREAK YOUR HEART

WITH A WORK OF ART

♪ AND A SONG

THAT'S QUIET AND SMALL

♪ BUT WE'RE BACK

WHERE WE BEGAN IT ALL

♪ RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL

SO TONIGHT

♪ WE... MIGHT... GO... BIGGER

THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S BIGGER

♪ IT'S BROADWAY'S GREATEST NIGHT

AND WE'RE RARIN' TO GO

♪ LET'S MAKE IT BIGGER

TONIGHT IT'S BIGGER

♪ WHO WILL TAKE HOME

A TONY STATUE

♪ WE DON'T KNOW

I GUARANTEE

A TRULY LEGENDARY SHOW

THIS SEASON'S NEW RECRUITS

♪ INCLUDE THE CAST

OF "KINKY BOOTS"

♪ YOU SEE, THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL

AND BUFF AS NAVY SEALS

♪ AND YOU COULD BOUNCE A QUARTER

OFF THE ASS OF BILLY PORTER

♪ LORD, HE DOES EIGHT SHOWS

A WEEK IN EIGHT-INCH HEELS

♪ HATS OFF TO BERRY GORDY

HE RUNS MOTOWN LIKE A BOSS

♪ HE DOMINATES TOP 40

AND HE LOVES DIANA ROSS

♪ HE WROTE HIS OWN LIBRETTO

WHICH IS REALLY KINDA BALLIN'

♪ HE TOOK EVERY MOTOWN CLASSIC

AND HE SAID, "PUT ¡EM ALL IN"

♪ MAKE IT BIGGER

IT'S BIGGER

♪ THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S BIGGER

IT'S BIGGER

♪ HEY, I JUST LEARNED THIS DANCE

HALF AN HOUR AGO

♪ WE'RE GOING BIGGER

IT'S BIGGER

♪ LIKE SO MUCH BIGGER

SO MUCH BIGGER

♪ YOU EVER SEEN SO MANY DIVAS

IN A ROW

♪ HELL NO

WELL, STICK WITH ME

♪ 'CAUSE YOUR EMCEE'S

A SEASONED PRO

♪ GO, NEIL, GO

IT'S PIPPIN

♪ NEVER SLIPPIN'

ALWAYS FLIPPIN'

♪ AS HE'S PININ' FOR

HIS CORNER OF THE SKY

♪ BUT THE SKY IS OVERCROWDED

WITH HIS OH SO HIGHLY TOUTED

♪ CAST OF SINGING CIRCUS PEOPLE

FLYING BY

THE CAST

OF “BRING IT ON”

♪ HAD-- COUNT ¡EM-- 32 DEBUTS

HEY, KIDS, WELCOME TO BROADWAY

♪ DON'T FORGET YOUR UNION DUES

IN TANDEM LIKE WE PLANNED THEM

♪ AND FORGIVE ME IF IT'S RANDOM

BUT MIKE TYSON HAD

A ONE-MAN SHOW

♪ LET'S GIVE THE MAN A HAND

AND MAKE THINGS BIGGER

♪ IT'S STUPENDOUS

THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S BIGGER

♪ IT'S TREMENDOUS

I'M HERE WITH IRON MIKE

♪ HE'S A HEAVYWEIGHT, YO

LET'S MAKE IT BIGGER

♪ IT'S FOR REAL

TONIGHT IT'S BIGGER

♪ DON'T MESS WITH NEIL

HEY, WE'VE GOT CHEERLEADERS

♪ CONTORTIONISTS AND SO

WHOO

♪ GO FIND A SPORTS BAR

CHANGE THE CHANNEL TO OUR SHOW

♪ GO, NEIL, GO

THE FAMOUS FOUR MATILDAS

♪ STOLE THE SHOW

AND NEARLY KILLED US

♪ SO THEY GOT A SPECIAL TONY

OF THEIR OWN

♪ WHICH STRIKES AT THE ACHILLES

OF THE JADED FORMER BILLYS

♪ THEY WIN TONYS

BUT GET FIRED WHEN THEY'RE GROWN

♪ NOW HERE'S THE KIDS

FROM "CHRISTMAS STORY"

♪ ANNIE AND HER ORPHANS

SO MANY CHILD ACTORS

♪ HIGH ON RED BULL

AND ENDORPHINS

♪ THEY BARELY COME UP

TO YOUR KNEES

♪ BUT GOD, THEY'RE SINGIN'

LIKE M.V.P.'s

♪ AND THEY'RE THE REASON

THIS WHOLE SEASON

♪ SEEMS TO LOOK

LIKE CHUCK E. CHEESE

♪ AND JEEZ

IT'S BIGGER

♪ IT'S BIGGER

THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S BIGGER

♪ IT'S BIGGER

IS THERE A TONY DAYCARE

♪ WHERE ALL OF YOU GO

YOU'RE GETTING BIGGER

♪ WHEN WE'RE BIGGER

TONIGHT IS BIGGER

♪ WE'RE BIGGER

DO YOUR PARENTS SET ASIDE

♪ YOUR BROADWAY DOUGH

HELL, NO

♪ WHEN I PLAYED DOOGIE

NEVER MIND, ON WITH THE SHOW

♪ GO, NEIL, GO

OH

♪ BROADWAY'S WHERE

FAMOUS PEOPLE GO

♪ THOUGH BEING FAMOUS

DOESN'T MEAN THAT

♪ YOU WILL GET A GOOD REVIEW

SO, ALEC, WRITE BEN BRANTLEY

♪ IF YOU WANT

THAT'S ENTERTAINING, TOO

WE'VE GOT MAGIC TO DO

♪ BIGGER

FAST

♪ BIGGER

THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S BIGGER

♪ IT'S BIGGER

I'M WALKIN' DOWN THE AISLE

♪ WITH SOME NEWSIES IN TOW

THIS SHOW IS BIGGER

♪ IT'S BIGGER

TONIGHT IT'S BIGGER

♪ WE'RE BIG

IF THERE'S A NEWSIE YOU PREFER

♪ YOU LET ME KNOW

YOU'LL GET A NEWSIE

♪ IN YOUR GIFT BAG

WHEN YOU GO

>> CAN I HAVE MY TOM HOOPER "LES

MIZ" CLOSE-UP, PLEASE?

SEE, ON BROADWAY, WE DON'T NEED

EXTREME CLOSE-UPS TO PROVE WE'RE

SINGING LIVE.

WE SING LIVE EIGHT SHOWS A WEEK.

CHECK IT.

♪ AT THE END OF THE DAY

WE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER

♪ TO HONOR THE BEST

AND THE BRIGHTEST

♪ AND TOMORROW

THE FASHION POLICE

♪ WILL REPORT ON YOUR DRESS

AND WHO WORE IT THE TIGHTEST

♪ IF YOU WIN

HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE

♪ TELL YOUR MANAGER, DAD

AND YOUR MOM THANKS

♪ SAY HI TO YOUR KIDS

AND YOUR HUSBAND OR WIFE

♪ MAYBE JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT

TOM HANKS

♪ NOTHING IS BIGGER AND BETTER

THAN SEEING A VETERAN

♪ GET AN OVATION

OR SEEING A BRILLIANT BEGINNER

♪ FREAK OUT ON A WIN

ON THEIR FIRST NOMINATION

♪ THERE'S A KID

IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

♪ WHO'S SITTING THERE

LIVING FOR TONY PERFORMANCES

♪ SINGIN' AND FLIPPIN'

ALONG WITH THE PIPPINS

♪ AND WICKEDS AND KINKYS

MATILDAS AND MORMONSES

♪ MORE

SO WE MIGHT REASSURE THAT KID

♪ AND DO SOMETHING

TO SPUR THAT KID

♪ ¡CAUSE I PROMISE YOU ALL OF US

UP HERE TONIGHT

♪ WE WERE THAT KID

AND NOW WE'RE BIGGER

♪ BIGGER

TONIGHT IT'S BIGGER

♪ TONIGHT IS BIG

SO LET'S CREATE

♪ THE BIGGEST SPECTACLE WE KNOW

SPECTACLE WE KNOW

♪ COME SEE THE SUPER-SEXY

CINDERELLA SISTERS CELEBRATING

♪ LADIES, GRAB A FELLA

THE TEMPO IS ACCELERATING

♪ "NEWSIES," "PIPPIN," "MOTOWN

PHANTOM," "KINKY"

♪ "ROCK OF AGES," "CHICAGO,"

"BRING IT ON"

♪ "A CHRISTMAS STORY"

SHARING STAGES

♪ "MAMMA MIA," "LION KING"

"THE JERSEY BOYS" ARE TAPPIN'

♪ KATHIE LEE'S

A BROADWAY LYRICIST

♪ SO ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN

BIGGER

♪ NEW YORK IS BIGGER

SO WELCOME TO OUR BIGGER, BETTER

♪ BEST OF BROADWAY

TONY SHOW. ♪

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )