NEW YORK, April 3 (UPI) -- Actor Neil Patrick Harris is to serve as host of the Tony Awards ceremony in New York for a third time, CBS said.
Harris is best known for his work in the TV shows "Doogie Howser, M.D." and "How I Met Your Mother." He made his Broadway debut in the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Proof," and subsequently starred in "Cabaret" and "Assassins."