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Host Neil Patrick Harris on Tony Awards: 'Book of Mormon' Is a Problem for Show Censors (Q&A)

6:42 PM PDT 6/10/2011 by Merle Ginsberg

The "How I Met Your Mother" star explains why Tony acceptance speeches are the best of all awards shows and he doesn't want to be the center of attention on theater's biggest night.

Neil Patrick Harris hosts the Tony Awards for the second consecutive year this Sunday. The "How I Met Your Mother" star tells The Hollywood Reporter's Merle Ginsberg why speeches are better at the show than any other awards program, how Book of Mormon is a problem for censors, and why he doesn't want to be the center of attention on theater's biggest night.

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