The 78th Annual Tony Awards has set the performances by casts of the current crop of Tony-nominated musicals and musical revivals for the awards ceremony this Sunday.
Performances will include the casts of Buena Vista Social Club, Dead Outlaw, Death Becomes Her, Floyd Collins, Gypsy, Maybe Happy Ending, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, Pirates! The Penzance Musical, Sunset Blvd., Just in Time and Real Women Have Curves, along with a special appearance by the 2019 Tony Honor Recipient, Broadway Inspirational Voices.
While neither Just In Time and Real Women Don’t Have Curves did not receive Best Musical nominations, their stars Jonathan Groff and Justina Machado are nominated in performance categories.
As previously announced, the original cast of Hamilton will reunite to celebrate the show’s 10th anniversary. Participating in this performance are Carleigh Bettiol, Andrew Chappelle, Ariana DeBose, Alysha Deslorieux, Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Sydney James Harcourt, Neil Haskell, Sasha Hutchings, Christopher Jackson, Thayne Jasperson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Stephanie Klemons, Morgan Marcell, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Javier Muñoz, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Jon Rua, Austin Smith, Phillipa Soo, Seth Stewart, Betsy Struxness, Ephraim Sykes and Voltaire Wade-Greene.
The 78th Annual Tony Awards hosted by Cynthia Erivo, will air live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, June 8 (8:00-11:00 PM, LIVE ET/5:00-8:00 PM, LIVE PT) on CBS, and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.
Just prior to the broadcast, Darren Criss and Renée Elise Goldsberry will host The Tony Awards: Act One, a live pre-show with exclusive content that is available to viewers for free on Pluto TV, the free streaming television service, beginning Sunday, June 8 at 6:40-8:00 PM, ET/3:40-5:00 PM, PT. Viewers can access the pre-show on their smart TV, streaming device, mobile app or online by going to Pluto TV and clicking on the “Live Music” channel, found within the Entertainment category on the service.
The Tony Awards are produced in collaboration with Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, and White Cherry Entertainment. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss are executive producers and showrunners for White Cherry Entertainment. Weiss will serve as director. The show has been broadcast on CBS since 1978.
