It’s a hit!

If those words immediately bring to mind the fabulous Stephen Sondheim song by that name — and not something involving a gun and cement — well, you’re an oddball. Chances are you’re a New Yorker, too. And a theater nut. And come Sunday night, you will be glued to CBS.

And everyone else you know will be glued to HBO.

That’s because two local families are battling it out that eve, the family of theater lovers and the family of Tony Soprano. The Tony Awards begin at 8 p.m. on Channel 2 and the finale of “The Sopranos” — the forever finale, not just the season’s end — begins at 9 p.m. on HBO.

Tonight, tonight, won’t be just any night —

Sorry. Sondheim again. The question is: How will New Yorkers choose between these two great events?

Easy, said Jeff Blumenfeld (well, he’s actually from Connecticut): “The Tonys come around every year, but Tony Soprano only gets whacked once.”

Clearly Mr. Blumenfeld assumes that Mr. Soprano will take a bullet — or baseball bat or ice pick, whatever — and that’s quite a pull. But it’s not enough for Scott Gornstein.

“Not every year, but on some years, you’re going to catch a performance that is going to stay with you the rest of your life,” the Manhattan publicist said. By this he did not mean “some years” on “The Sopranos.” He’s a Tonys man who can still remember “standing there in my kitchen, watching that small black-and-white TV, and it’s the first time I ever heard Patti LuPone’s voice. It was spectacular. And how about the year when Bea Arthur sang with Angela Lansbury? Or when Dorothy Loudon came onstage, I believe, in a white Rolls-Royce while all these guys sang ‘Mame’ to her?”

Those moments have obviously stayed with him, as has almost every detail of the sainted 1977 Tonys: “Liza comes out, wearing these red sequins, which she would always become known for, and she sang ‘City Lights,’ her big number, and she just tore the roof off the place. There are reasons Liza is a legend, and I’m describing one of those reasons to you.”

Okay. It worked. Chock up one for the Tonys. But then here’s a Tony S. fan again: “I’m going to miss the whole family,” a Queens father, Bob Brody, said. “I’ve always looked forward to watching the show, and I’ve tried to apply what I’ve learned from ‘The Sopranos’ to corporate culture.”

Corporate culture?

“I’ve tried to implement certain efficiencies, just as I know Tony does,” he said.

That seemed a little disturbing, until we talked some more and it turned out that while he is watching ‘The Sopranos’ finale, his wife and daughter will be watching the Tonys — on the big TV.

I’m not sure whether that proves he’s really learned nothing from “The Sopranos” … or everything.

Finally, what happens to the individuals who are just as fond of the Jersey boys as they are of “Jersey Boys”?

TiVo, of course — coupled with anxiety.

“I’m going to watch the Tonys and we’re going to tape ‘The Sopranos,'” an event planner, Jeff Martin, said. But because the Tonys end late, he won’t watch his “Sopranos” tape until Monday after work, so he doesn’t want to hear anything about it all day.

“I’m going to have to lock myself in to my office or put a sign on my door, ‘This Is a ‘Sopranos’-Free Zone,'” Mr. Martin said.

Ha. Like that’ll work. It’s going to be a tough Sunday night for New Yorkers. But you know what?

The sun’ll come out … tomorrow.

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