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For Tony Award nominees, the next 37 days will be the usual long slog of interviews, parties, nerves and anticipation. But for producers of the ceremony’s June 11 broadcast on CBS, the date carries a new cause for insomnia: Who will write the thing? With the Writers Guild of America strike showing no…

Actor Joel Grey and composer John Kander will each receive the 2023 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today "We are immensely thrilled to honor two legends in their own rights,” said Charlotte St. Martin, President of The…

Refresh for updates: Tony Award nominees were celebrating today, with the stars, producers and creative teams of Parade, Kimberly Akimbo, Shucked and The Piano Lesson among those reacting to their nominations. Audra McDonald, who scored her 10th Tony nomination for performance in Ohio State Murders…

Some of the biggest names of Broadway (and Hollywood) won’t be receiving those phone calls of congratulations today as this morning’s Tony Awards nominations included more than a few surprising — or, in some cases, not surprising — omissions. Aaron Sorkin, whose rewritten book for the classic…

Some Like It Hot, & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo and Sweeney Todd were among the big winners in today’s Tony Award nominations, while stars such as Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban, Ben Platt, Corey Hawkins, Sean Hayes, and Jessica Hecht each are now in the Tony running. See below for the complete list of…

Funny Girl star Lea Michele and 2022 Tony Award Winner Myles Frost (MJ) will announce the 76th Annual Tony Award Nominations on Tuesday. The nominations announcement will air live from New York on the Tony Awards official YouTube page. A selection of categories will be read live on CBS Mornings at…

Aaron Sorkin, whose adaptation of the classic Lerner & Loewe musical Camelot opened on Broadway earlier this month, will be eligible for Tony consideration in the Best Book of a Musical category, the Tony administration committee ruled today. The Camelot book was originally written by Alan Jay Lerner…

CBS and Pluto TV will partner to present The Tony Awards: Act One, a pre-show of live, exclusive content leading into the 76th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11. Hosts and further details about the pre-show will be announced in the coming weeks. The Tony Awards: Act One airs at 6:30-8 PM…

Funny Girl star Lea Michele and Tony-winning MJ actor Myles Frost will announce the 76th Annual Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, May 2. A selection of the nominations will be announced live on CBS Mornings at 8:30 a.m./ET from the Sofitel New York hotel. A complete list of the 2023 nominations will…

Ariana DeBose will return to host this year’s Tony Awards, the ceremony’s producers announced today. DeBose, an Oscar winner (West Side Story) and Tony nominee (Summer: The Donna Summer Musical), hosted last year’s broadcast to general acclaim. This year’s event, the 76th Annual Tony Awards, will air…

Justin David Sullivan, a nonbinary performer who plays the character of May in the hit Broadway musical & Juliet, has withdrawn from Tony Award consideration due to the gendered nomination categories, and Tony administrators suggest they’re considering a rule change after the current season…

White Cherry Entertainment will serve as the production team for the American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards through 2026, cementing a relationship with Tony Award Productions that goes back to 2003. The 76th Annual Tony Awards will air live from United Palace Theatre in New York City on Sunday, June 11…