Although the committee discussed eligibility of shows that opened on Broadway after Jan. 8, 2004, no official announcement of their decisions will be made until the end of the 2003-2004 Broadway season next month. The committee will again meet May 6 to discuss shows that opened on Broadway after April 15. Those shows include Assassins; Jumpers; A Raisin in the Sun; Bombay Dreams; Caroline, or Change; Frozen; and Prymate.

The Antoinette Perry "Tony" Award is bestowed annually for distinguished achievement in the theatre. For the second straight year, Hugh Jackman — now on Broadway in The Boy From Oz — will host the awards live from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 6. CBS will broadcast the three-hour event live, 8-11 PM ET.

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The Tony committee previously met Jan. 8 to discuss eligibility of shows that opened on Broadway during the first half of the season. Those decisions follow:

On the musical front: •The Broadway bow of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's Little Shop of Horrors will be eligible in the Best Revival of a Musical category; co-stars Hunter Foster and Kerry Butler will be eligible in the Leading Actor/Actress in a Musical categories.

•John Tartaglia and Stephanie D'Abruzzo, who co-star in the puppet friendly Avenue Q, will be eligible in the Leading Actor/Actress in a Musical categories.

• The score from Peter Allen's The Boy From Oz will not be eligible for a Best Score nomination because it was not originally written for the theatre.

•Euan Morton, who portrays Boy George in Taboo, is the only actor from that musical eligible in the Leading Actor in a Musical category; the Boy George score is eligible for a Best Score nomination.

•Noah Racey and Nancy Lemenager are the only actors from Never Gonna Dance eligible in the Leading Actor/Actress in a Musical categories.

•Wicked co-stars Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth are eligible in the Leading Actress in a Musical category; Joel Grey, who portrays the Wizard, is eligible in the Featured Actor in a Musical category.

•All actors in the recent revival of Big River will be eligible in the Featured Actor/Actress in a Musical category. This includes Daniel Jenkins, who portrayed Huck Finn in both the original and the revival. Jenkins' work in the Deaf West production was deemed different enough to warrant eligibility.

On the play front:

•Danny Glover is the only actor from the revival of MASTER HAROLD. . . and the boys eligible in the Leading Actor in a Play category.

•Cat on a Hot Tin Roof co-stars Ashley Judd, Ned Beatty and Jason Patric are all eligible in the Leading Actor/Actress in a Play categories.

•The Violet Hour's Robert Sean Leonard is the only actor from the Richard Greenberg play eligible in the Leading Actor in a Play category.

•The only actor from The Caretaker revival eligible in the Leading Actor in a Play category is Patrick Stewart.

•Three actors from Lincoln Center's Henry IV are eligible in the Leading Actor in a Play category: Kevin Kline, Richard Easton and Michael Hayden.

•The short-lived Six Dance Lessons is eligible for a Best Play nomination.

Other fronts:

•The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All and the recent Jackie Mason production did not meet eligibility requirements.

•Bobbi Boland, which never opened, is also not eligible.