Watch: Tony Yazbeck and Helen Mirren Surprise Audience at Teeny Awards

Photo credits: Richard and Joan Wozniak: Richard Wozniak

The attendees of the Teeny Awards, which took place this past Sunday, received a surprise when two award winning actors starred in a special presentation shown during the event.

Rob Hinerliter, an East End native and Broadway producer of On The Town, An American in Paris, and You Can’t Take it With You, couldn’t made the awards in person due to his three Tony Award nominations (which were also presented on Sunday) but still prepared a big surprise for the East End Arts Teeny Awards audience.

As a past Teeny award nominee, he knew the impact his gesture would make on the nominees when he arranged for a special presentation by Tony Yazbeck and Dame Helen Mirren, who went on to win a Tony on Sunday for Best Actress in a Play.

In the auditorium of Center Moriches High School, the crowd went wild as the surprise unfolded at the Teeny Awards Ceremony, which takes place on Tony Awards Sunday every year.

Check out the video below: