‘Boys’ night out

The cast of “Jersey Boys” did something last night that’s believed to be a first in Broadway history, leaving their show at intermission to perform elsewhere – which turned out to be CBS’ upfront presentation – then returning in time for the show’s second half. They received a police escort to Carnegie Hall (site of the CBS upfront) when “Jersey Boys” broke for intermission, and were then escorted back to the August Wilson Theatre on W. 52nd.

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Ch. 7’s Liz Cho (right) and Lucie Arnaz present at tonight’s Key Awards to benefit Bailey House, the city’s oldest AIDS housing provider (Robert Miller Gallery).

Two events this Monday:

Court TV’s Jack Ford co-hosts the 2006 LIFE Event, benefiting the Cancer Institute of N.J. and the Susan G.

Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, in Paramus, N.J., while Diane Sawyer, will present author Carole Radziwill (“What Remains”) with an award at the annual Sarcoma Foundation of America gala at the American Museum of Natural History.

And . . .

* Here, there: “Hardball” goes live from Opus Dei headquarters tonight (5, 7/MSNBC) on the eve of “The Da Vinci Code” movie release; Bill O’Reilly has a two-part chat with Defense Secretary Donald Rumseld tonight, tomorrow (8-9 p.m./FNC); Harry Smith goes back to Baghdad for a week of “Early Show” reports starting tomorrow.

* 1010 WINS reporter Juliet Papa, who broke the body parts/funeral home investigation that began in Brooklyn, writes about her scoop in the upcoming issue of Reader’s Digest.

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* A CD featuring this year’s 12 “American Idol” finalists hits stores next Tuesday, the same day as the “Idol” finale. “Season 5 Encores” includes Chris Daughtry’s (right) version of “Wanted Dead or Alive” and Paris Bennett doing “Midnight Train to Georgia.”