If you didn’t watch last night’s Tony Awards, you missed out on the greatest Tony Awards ever.  Granted, I only watched about 15 seconds of it, but I’ve watched those 15 seconds about eight times now.  Bret Michaels from “Rock of Love” (and, okay, Poison) performed live with the cast of Rock of Ages at the Tonys, and the end of “Nothin’ But a Good Time” was marred made awesome when a descending set piece damn near took off his head.

He was knocked to the ground, and while the extent of his injury was not known, he did not break his nose, despite wide speculation that he had. A publicist later told PEOPLE that Michaels was hoping to hit some after-parties but was “getting X-rays.” Calling him “a trooper,” she added that Michaels “had a blast performing.”

Doctors were impressed Michaels survived, calling the set “as dangerous as sex with the girls from ‘Rock of Love II’.”
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Neil Patrick Harris will host the Tonys this year, which will air June 7th on CBS.  And seeing as how he singlehandedly raises “How I Met Your Mother” from “watchable” to “really pretty funny despite the tool who plays the lead,” I would be inclined to watch the awards ceremony.  If, you know, it weren’t about Broadway.

In a statement Harris said, “The discipline of live theatre – doing the same perfect thing night after night, eight times a week – never ceases to amaze me. I’m truly honored to have been chosen as the Master of Ceremonies for this year’s Tony Awards, and I hope to help provide a first-class evening for all.” [Playbill]

The real challenge to hosting the Tonys this year will be wresting the title of “Gayest Award Show” away from the Oscars.  And yes, the host is gay, and the awards are going to celebrate Broadway musicals, and at some point Harvey Fierstein will appear… but they’ve still got a ways to go to out-gay what Hugh Jackman did.  I mean, he just would NOT stop singing and dancing.  So, okay, new rule: anyone who wins a Tony has to sing their acceptance speech.  Bonus points for choreography.