Julianne Hough, “Dancing With the Stars” alumnus and soon-to-be co-host, and Skylar Astin, star of CBS’s “So Help Me Todd,” have been tapped to host “The Tony Awards: Act One,” a live pre-show featuring offer exclusive content to Pluto TV viewers on Sunday.
Hough, who starred in the Spring 2022 play “POTUS,” and Astin, who originated the role of Georg Zirschnitz in the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical “Spring Awakening,” will kick off Broadway’s biggest night with the presentation of the first round of Tony Awards from 6:30 pm to 8 pm ET.
Viewers can access “The Tony Awards: Act One” on their smart TV, streaming device, mobile app, or online by going to Pluto TV and clicking on the “Pluto TV Celebrity” channel. No payment, registration or login required.
Following the preview show, the 76th Annual Tony Awards, to be hosted by Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Ariana DeBose, will broadcast live on CBS from the historic United Palace in Washington Heights. , in New York City, 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm EST. . The ceremony will also stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
The Writers Guild of America, which went on strike on May 2 after failing to reach an agreement in contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, is allowing the Tony Awards to go forward after the team The ceremony’s production team agreed to modify this year’s installment. display to fulfill specific guild requests. The WGA said it would not picket the event, but recently sent an email to members who are Tony nominees asking them not to attend the ceremony in person and to pre-record acceptance speeches or ask a non-member to accept awards on their behalf should they win.
The strike involves a laundry list of concerns writers want Hollywood studios to address, from the low wages involved in writing broadcast series to controlling “mini-rooms” used to circumvent contractual wage practices to addressing the use of intelligence. artificial. The WGA has estimated that its proposals would collectively cost the industry $429 million, with $343 million directly attributable to AMPTP member studios. Of that $343 million, Paramount would pay about $45 million, less than 0.15% of its $30.2 billion in annual revenue, according to the WGA.
The Tony Awards are produced in collaboration with Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of the
Broadway League and American Theater Wing, and White Cherry Entertainment. Ricky Kirshner and
Glenn Weiss are executive producers for White Cherry Entertainment. Weiss will act as director.
