This yr's Tony nominees for Finest Musical embrace "Woman From the North Nation," "MJ: The Musical," "Six: The Musical" and "Paradise Sq.."
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Broadway’s greatest night time is about to mild up NYC’s Radio Metropolis Music Corridor on Sunday.
The Tony Awards, which had been final held within the fall on the Winter Backyard Theatre and broadcast in a two-part ceremony, will formally return to their traditional summer season date.
After a season of a number of cancellations and COVID-19 outbreaks, the Broadway League introduced in March that the award present was in a position to go on with enterprise as traditional — with just a few security precautions in place to maintain friends, nominees and performers secure.
So silence your cellphones, and browse every thing you'll want to learn about this yr’s Tony Awards right here.
When and the place will the present happen?
The seventy fifth Tony Awards are set to take the stage at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor in Midtown on June 12.
Identical to final yr, the present will likely be broadcast in two elements, with a pre-show beginning at 7 p.m. ET and the precise awards ceremony that may air on CBS beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
Previous to the precise awards ceremony, there will likely be an hourlong occasion referred to as “The Tony Awards: Act One” that may function particular performers in addition to a number of honorary awards, streaming solely on Paramount+.
As for a purple carpet, there are just a few choices to see the entire glam. NY1 will likely be dwell on the purple carpet starting at 6 p.m. EST (verify your native itemizing for channel) whereas BroadwayWorld will start purple carpet protection at 4:30 p.m. EST.
What channel or streaming platform is the present on?
The three-hour ceremony will air dwell on CBS and stream on Paramount+ for subscribers solely starting at 8 p.m. Playbill reported this yr’s ceremony is the primary in Tony Awards historical past to be accessible dwell nationwide.
Are there COVID-19 security protocols for attendees?
Nominees and movie star friends who're sitting within the orchestra part will likely be required to submit a adverse COVID-19 PCR check outcome earlier than they're allowed both onstage or to carry out and have the choice to put on a masks whereas seated, in response to the Hollywood Reporter.
“As a good portion of the orchestra are Tony Award nominees and both going to be on stage and/or performing, it felt essential to do the identical for all of these within the orchestra,” an announcement from the Tony Award producers reads.
“Necessities to be on stage embrace the PCR testing and verification.”
Viewers members who're within the mezzanine will likely be required to put on masks however is not going to be required to submit a adverse COVID-19 check outcome.
The testing requirement clashes with the present guidelines of the Broadway League that state masks should be worn always whereas within the theater by means of June 30, 2022, regardless that patrons now not have to point out proof of vaccination.
Who’s internet hosting the present?
Academy Award winner and Tony nominee Ariana DeBose was chosen to host the seventy fifth Tonys. She was nominated for enjoying the title character within the 2018’s “Summer time: The Donna Summer time Musical.”
Darren Criss and Emmy-winner Julianne Hough will host the pre-award present “The Tony Awards: Act One.”
Who’s nominated this yr?
The nominations for the 2022 Tony Awards had been introduced on Could 9, by “Waitress” alum Joshua Henry and “Tina” star Adrienne Warren. You may take a look at the complete checklist of nominations from the 2021 to 2022 Broadway season right here.
This season, Broadway has seen a number of modifications to the Tony Awards eligibility guidelines as a consequence of a number of exhibits being postponed or canceled because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This yr noticed six Finest Musical nominations, that are “Woman From the North Nation,” ” A Unusual Loop,” “Six: The Musical,” “MJ: The Musical,” “Paradise Sq.” and Billy Crystal’s “Mr. Saturday Night time.”
Along with these musical nominations, this season noticed the revival of Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man,” starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, in addition to Stephen Sondheim’s “Firm,” with Patti LuPone and Katrina Lenk.
It was introduced in Could that five-time Tony winner Angela Lansbury will obtain the 2022 Particular Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement within the Theater.
Who’s Presenting?
A star-studded checklist of presenters introduced by the Tony Award producers consists of Andrew Garfield, Lin Manuel-Miranda, Nathan Lane and each Paris and Prince Jackson.
The total checklist consists of icons from each stage and display reminiscent of Bowen Yang, Skylar Astin, Danny Burstein, RuPaul, Jennifer Hudson, Billy Porter, Sarah Paulson, Sarah Silverman, Bernadette Peters and several other different stars.
Who’s Performing?
You must anticipate to see performances from nominees “The Music Man,” “Woman From the North Nation,” “A Unusual Loop,” “Six,” “Firm,” “MJ: The Musical,” “Paradise Sq.” and “Mr. Saturday Night time.” The unique solid members of the Finest Musical Tony winner “Spring Awakening” (2007) will even carry out together with the New York Metropolis Homosexual Males’s Refrain.
Officers for the Tony Awards introduced a number of Broadway legends together with Phillipa Soo, Cynthia Erivo, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelli O’Hara, Chita Rivera and several other others will carry out throughout the dwell broadcast of the Tonys and the pre-show.
Billy Porter and Bernadette Peters, each earlier Tony winners, will even carry out throughout the telecast.
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