It will be Whoopi
and Tony.
Whoopi Goldberg
will serve as host of the 2008 Tony Awards June 15 at
Radio City Music Hall, the show's executive producers, Ricky
Kirshner and Glenn Weiss, announced Thursday.
''I love Broadway
and I'm thrilled to be doing anything for the first
time,'' said Goldberg, who's hosted the Academy Awards four
times. ''I'm gonna have a blast.''
Goldberg, a
regular on ABC's The View, has been on Broadway
with her own one-woman show as well as in revivals of A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
The 62nd annual
Tonys, which honor the best of the 2007-2008 Broadway
season, will be broadcast live 8-11 p.m. Eastern
time on CBS.
Nominations will
be announced Tuesday. (AP)