Hugh Jackman delivers Tony surprises

Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness arrive for the 68th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 8 in New York City. Take a look at the other stars as they arrive.

Idina Menzel

RuPaul

Vera Farmiga

Erin Darke and Daniel Radcliffe

Kate Mara

Tony Shalhoub and Josie Lynn Adams

Emmy Rossum

Tyne Daly

Ben Vereen

Trudie Styler and Sting

Orfeh

Krystal Joy Brown

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka

Sutton Foster

Emily Young and Bryce Pinkham

Audra McDonald

Lucy Liu

Billy Porter

Gladys Knight

Leighton Meester and Adam Brody

Anika Noni Rose

Zachary Quinto

Anna Gunn

Robin Dearden and actor Bryan Cranston

Rosie O'Donnell and Michelle Rounds

Ethan Hawke

Fantasia Barrino and Patti Labelle

Patricia Clarkson

Harvey Fierstein

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown

Judith Light

Jonathan Groff

Beth Behrs

Fran Drescher

Zachary Levi

Thalia

Linda Emond

Dule Hill

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• Hip hop artists LL Cool J and T.I. joined Hugh Jackman for an unconventional performance


• Bryan Cranston won best lead actor in a play for portrayal of LBJ in "All the Way"


• Audra McDonald is the first person to win Tonys in four different acting categories


• The best musical Tony went to "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder"

(CNN) -- The Tony Awards don't usually match the drama of the Oscars, but the 2014 edition at New York's Radio City Music Hall did deliver surprises and buzzworthy moments Sunday.

Bouncing Hugh Jackman

If you are baffled by Hugh Jackman's prolonged bouncing during the Tony Awards opening sequence, you might want to watch online video of musical actor Bobby Van performing "Take Me to Broadway" in the 1953 movie "Small Town Girl." You'll then understand what inspired Jackman to hop, skip and jump from the red carpet, through the backstage and then onstage where he sang "I Love the Tonys."

'Music Man' rap

The business of being Hugh Jackman

Jackman must have spent a lot of time researching 1950s musicals while preparing to host the 2014 Tonys. He revived the opening number from "The Music Man," but turned it into a rap song. Hip hop artists LL Cool J and T.I. joined Jackman for an unconventional performance of "Rock Island."

"Hands in the air, everybody on your feet," LL Cool J shouted as a drum beat produced by Questlove played.

First Hip Hop performance on #thetonyawards w/ troubleman31 thehughjackman http://t.co/oEZhPSMirA

— LL COOL J (@llcoolj) June 9, 2014

"First Hip Hop performance on #thetonyawards w/@troubleman31 @thehughjackman," LL Cool J tweeted.

Judging from Twitter reactions, many viewers loved it, some didn't, while others were just left puzzled.

'Denzel, Denzel, Denzel'

A hint of sour grapes emerged from "A Raisin in the Sun" director Kenny Leon even though his show carried home three Tonys Sunday night. Leon, who won for best direction of a play and best revival of a play, acknowledged backstage that he believed his lead actor, Denzel Washington, should have gotten a best actor nomination.

"Yes, Denzel was snubbed," Leon told reporters.

Washington, who owns two Academy Awards for film work, is the "anchor" of the Broadway production, Leon said in his acceptance speech. "Denzel, Denzel, Denzel. He's truly a theatre inspiration."

Leon did find some solace when Sophie Okonedo, who he called his show's "glue," was given the Tony for best actress in a featured role in a play.

"A Raisin in the Sun," which first ran on Broadway in 1960, was the first Broadway play written by an African-American woman -- Lorraine Hansberry.

'All the Way' with LBJ

If Denzel Washington had been nominated, he would have faced Bryan Cranston. The "Breaking Bad" actor's ability to bring complex characters to life earned him a best actor Tony for his stage portrayal of former President Lyndon Johnson in "All the Way." The Tony might find a place of honor next to the three Emmys Cranston won for his TV role of teacher-turned-meth dealer Walter White.

Cranston wouldn't say backstage if he would reprise his LBJ role in author Robert Schenkkan's follow up play "The Great Society."

"Thank you for electing LBJ once again," producer Jeffrey Richards said as he accepted the best play Tony for "All the Way."

Tony history made

Audra McDonald made Broadway history when she won the Tony for best lead actress in a play for her portrayal of blues legend Billie Holiday in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill." McDonald's sixth Tony made her the first person to win in four different acting categories.

"I want to thank my mom and my dad up in heaven for disobeying the doctor's orders and not medicating their hyperactive girl and finding out what she was into instead and pushing her into the theatre," McDonald said in her acceptance speech.

She also paid tribute to women who paved the way for her success. "I'm standing on Lena Horne, I'm standing on Maya Angelou, Diane Carroll, Ruby Dean, and most of all, Billie Holiday. You deserved so much more than you were given when you were on this planet. This is for you Billie."

"Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill" -- billed as "an evening filled with personal tales of difficult choices, bad breaks, worse men and some of the most glorious songs ever written" -- also won the Tony for best sound design of a play.

'This is crazy pants!'

What's a Tony Awards show without lots of Neal Patrick Harris? The actor who hosted the broadcast the previous four years got plenty of screen time Sunday night, including 90 seconds to accept the Tony for best actor in a leading role in a musical.

"A year ago I was hosting the Tonys," Harris said. "This is crazy pants!"

Harris was honored for his title role in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," a musical about a rock band led by a German transgender singer.

Harris, who is known for his big musical numbers as a Tony host, did not disappoint when he performed a song from the show with the "Tits of Clay" band.

"Hedwig" also won for best revival of a musical and Lena Hall got a Tony for best featured actress in a musical.

Hall's acceptance speech included a "thank you" to "my soon-to-be born niece. I don't know her name is yet but she'll be born in October."

Two Carole Kings

Jessie Mueller not only won a Tony for best lead actress in a musical, but she got to sing with the woman she portrays in "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical."

"Carole King, I never thought that I would get to sing with you once in my life -- let alone twice," Mueller said in her acceptance. "You have taught me so much and you teach me so much every time I get up on stage. What you went through and to come out of it with kindness and love and forgiveness and pure heart. And you're just such an amazing woman."

King joined Mueller for part of her performance as a young Carole King.

The show also won a Tony for best sound design of a musical, which went to Brian Ronan.

Thanks to mom for skydiving lessons

The Tony for best musical went to "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder," which also earned a best director Tony for Darko Tresnjak.

"I should thank so many people, but most of all, my mom literally taught me to jump out of airplanes," the director said in his acceptance speech. "She fought during the Second World War and she was a skydiver in 1940's." He then spoke for several seconds in his native Serbian language to his 87-year-old mother.

"A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder," which is based on the 1907 novel "Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal," also won Tonys for best costume design of a musical and best book of a musical.

Praise shouting genie

James Monroe Iglehart might have earned the distinction of best acceptance speech dance. Iglehart, who sings and dances as the genie in "Aladdin," erupted in joy after he was handed the Tony for best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical.

"I know this is supposed to be the most, you know, dignified awards show of the season, but I have to do this," he said. "This is a praise shout." He then shouted "hey" and danced.

Iglehart told reporters backstage that he and his wife would celebrate his Tony with dinner at McDonalds, saying it keeps them grounded.

Las Vegas killers held extremist views, source says

• Witnesses: The shooters said 'This is a revolution'


• Police search an apartment believed to be their home


• "My officers were simply having lunch," says sheriff


• A woman was also killed

(CNN) -- A married couple yelling "revolution" gunned down two Las Vegas police officers at a pizza restaurant, then ran across the parking lot to a Walmart, where they killed a shopper at the store's entrance.

The duo's Sunday morning shooting rampage ended when the wife fatally shot the husband and then herself as police closed in.

A day later, police don't know -- or haven't disclosed -- the pair's motive. Witnesses told police the shooters said "This is a revolution" during their attack.

A law enforcement source told CNN the couple held extremist views toward law enforcement.

Late Sunday night, police -- black bands around their badges in mourning -- cordoned off the area outside an apartment in downtown Las Vegas. Neighbors say the couple lived there and that police had deployed a flash grenade at the home.

Authorities, however, deferred all questions to a news conference they have scheduled for 10 a.m. (1 p.m. ET).

"This was a senseless and cruel act killing three innocent people," said Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman. "Two who dedicated their lives to protecting all of us in our community and one who was innocently going about her daily life."

Police and firefighters on the scene of the shooting at a Las Vegas Walmart, on Sunday, June 8. Two gunmen shot and killed two police officers eating lunch and then killed a third person at the Walmart. The gunmen then killed themselves.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department vehicles are parked outside a Las Vegas Cici's Pizza restaurant. Two police officers were shot while they were having lunch Sunday.

Officers Alyn Beck, left, and Igor Soldo were shot while eating lunch. Both were husbands and fathers.

A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer monitors the scene.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department personnel gather outside the Walmart where one person was shot and killed.

Police cars and personnel gather at the scene.

Police and fire vehicles line the street near the scene.

Police officers move to enter the Walmart.

Photos: Shootings in Las Vegas

'Simply having lunch'

The pair began their attack about 11:20 a.m. when they opened fire inside a CiCi's Pizza where the officers were eating lunch.

"I just sat down to have lunch. The officers were sitting in front of me, at the table right next to me -- and this man came in out of nowhere," a dazed Sheree Burns told CNN affiliate KTNV.

"I thought he was going to get a drink, the way he walked up and walked past them. And then he turned around, pulled a gun on his right and shot the bald officer in front of me."

The slain officers are Alyn Beck, 41, and Igor Soldo, 31. Both were married with children: Beck left behind a wife and three children; Soldo, a wife and a baby.

Sheriff Doug Gillespie said one officer was able to return fire.

"What precipitated this event, we do not know," he said. "My officers were simply having lunch."

Gunmen kill two police officers

The suspects took the officers' guns and ammunition, Assistant Sheriff Kevin MacMahill told reporters. They "made a statement -- something to the effect of, 'This is a revolution.'"

'That man was crazy'

As they walked out, they passed Alvaro Lopez.

"They had a backpack and I saw a gun in their hand," Lopez told CNN affiliate KLAS. "He just told me to tell the cops that it was a revolution and that he'd just killed two cops inside CiCis."

The pair ran over to a Walmart across the parking lot. At the store's entrance, they killed a woman. Her name has not yet been released.

Shoppers rushed toward the exit.

Pauline Pacheco saw the armed man and grabbed her father.

"We saw when the man was walking," she told KLAS. "He was shouting, yelling bad words, and suddenly he had a gun.

"It was terrible, it was terrible. That man was crazy."

Officers converged and exchanged fire.

The pair retreated to the back of the store and took their own lives. MacMahill, the assistant sheriff, called it a "suicide pact."

'Emptiness in our heart'

Las Vegas law enforcement aren't immune to officers falling in the line of duty. But to have two die in a single incident has left the department shocked and shaken more than usual.

Both Walmart and CiCi's issued statements of condolences, as did lawmakers.

Patrol officers in the city usually work alone. But, at least for the next few days, they will be riding in pairs, Gillespie said.

"We still have a community to police and we still have a community to protect," he said Sunday night. "We will be out there doing it with our heads held high but with an emptiness in our heart."

CNN's Jack Hannah reported from Las Vegas; CNN's Shimon Prokupecz; Matthew Stucker and Janet DiGiacomo contributed to this report.