The 76th annual Tony Awards are set to happen on the United Palace in New York Metropolis tonight, honoring the most effective performs and musicals from the 2022-2023 Broadway season. The occasion will mark the end result of a star-studded yr that noticed the likes of Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac, Samuel L. Jackson, and Rachel Brosnahan treading the boards on the Nice White Approach.
Following her profitable flip because the emcee of final yr’s present, Ariana DeBose is returning to host a ceremony that may tackle another format because of the ongoing WGA strike. As the whole leisure business tries to navigate the complicated politics of placing on award exhibits with out crossing picket strains, the Tony Awards pledged to keep away from utilizing any scripted dialogue in its broadcast. That implies that the standard opening monologue will doubtless be skipped, and DeBose’s present is anticipated to lean extra closely on music than in previous years. (Given the Oscar winner’s historical past of performing musical numbers at award shows, that restriction appears unlikely to be an issue.)
Per standard, present will function dwell performances from all the main musical nominees. Contenders for Greatest Musical which are set to carry out embody “& Juliet,” “Kimberly Akimbo,” “New York, New York,” “Shucked” and “Some Like It Scorching.” All 4 contenders for Greatest Revival of a Musical — “Camelot,” “Into the Woods,” “Parade” and “Sweeney Todd” — may even be performing.
Need to be sure you don’t miss any of the motion? The 2023 Tony Awards shall be broadcast of their conventional slot on CBS on Sunday, June 11 starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m PT. The present may even be accessible to stream dwell on Paramount+. A pre-show that includes the dwell presentation of Tony awards in a number of below-the-line classes will stream on Pluto TV starting at 6:30 p.m. ET.
The Tony Awards would be the first main award present to air in the course of the writers’ strike, and the present’s consequence may function both a blueprint or a cautionary story for the upcoming Emmy season. To learn all of IndieWire’s predictions concerning the present state of the Emmy race, click here.
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