NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the Tony Awards (all times local):

8:15 p.m.

Michael Aronov, making just his second appearance on Broadway, has won his first Tony Award.

Aronov, who plays an Israeli diplomat in “Oslo,” won the trophy for best featured actor in a play. “Oslo” explores the 1993 meetings between Israelis and Palestinians, which led to the breakthrough Oslo Accords and the handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat.

Aronov has had roles on TV in “The Americans,” ”Madam Secretary,” ”The Good Wife” and “The Closer.” He made his Broadway debut in 2012 in “Golden Boy” and also appeared off-Broadway in “Blood and Gifts.” His film credits include “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”

He beat out Nathan Lane, Richard Thomas, John Douglas Thompson and Danny DeVito .

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8:06 p.m.

Stephen Colbert joined host Kevin Spacey to riff on “Groundhog Day: The Musical” and other Broadway shows during the opening of the Tony Awards.

Colbert popped out of a huge groundhog head before Spacey donned a beard ala “Fiddler on the Roof,” followed by a cameo for Whoopi Goldberg after she stepped out of a closet to offer hosting advice.

“Oh, if I could only be Billy Crystal. He’d know the answer to all of it,” Spacey bemoaned from a bed, talking with Crystal as he appeared on a screen.

“If all else fails, put on a dress,” Crystal advised.

Spacey was not the first choice as host.

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7:50 p.m.

The Tony Awards telecast hasn’t yet begun but there are already four people who have the prized statuettes.

Costume designer Jane Greenwood finally won one for her work on “Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes.” She has been nominated 21 times and already taken home a lifetime achievement award. On the musical side, Santo Loquasto won for his designs for the revival of “Hello, Dolly!” starring Bette Midler.

Other winners included scenic designer Nigel Hook, for creating the complex and seemingly dangerous set for “The Play That Goes Wrong” and Mimi Lien for designing the set for “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812.”

The Tonys are Sunday night.

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