The 76th Annual Tony Awards Will Feature Performances by the Cast of Best Musical and Revival Nominees “Camelot,” “Into The Woods,” “& Juliet,” “Kimberly Akimbo,” “New York, New York ”, “Parade”, “Shucked”, “Some Like It Hot” and “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”.
In addition, the cast of “A Beautiful Noise” and “Funny Girl,” Joaquina Kalukango, the winner of the 2022 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, and the 2023 Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in Theatre, Joel Gray and John Kander will also perform.
“This year’s Tony Award nominees are a reflection of a tremendous year for Broadway,” Broadway League President Charlotte St. Martin and American Theater Wing President and CEO Heather said in a statement. Hitchens. “The show will feature performances by Broadway’s brightest lights, from leading artists to industry icons, in recognition of momentous productions that wow audiences around the world.”
Sunday’s ceremony, which will 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 from 8: 00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. ET. The ceremony will also stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
“CBS has been the home of the Tony Awards for more than 40 years,” said Jack Sussman, CBS executive vice president of specials, music, live events and alternative programming. “We are proud to once again celebrate the best of theater this season and continue our support of Broadway, the theater community at large, and all of the incredible artistic talent both on stage and behind the scenes who bring the shows to life.”
In addition, “Dancing With the Stars” alum and upcoming co-host Julianne Hough and “So Help Me Todd” star Skylar Astin have been selected to host “The Tony Awards: Act One,” a live pre-show featuring the first round of the Tony Awards from 6:30 pm to 8 pm ET on Pluto TV.
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.
