Broadway’s big night has been set for Sunday, June 7, 2020, when the 74th Annual Tony Awards return to New York’s iconic Radio City Music Hall, producers announced today.
The televised awards show will air live at 8 pm ET/delayed PT on CBS and CBS All Access. CBS has been the TV home of the awards show since 1978.
The…
UPDATE, 8:20 AM: The cast and creators of Hadestown and The Ferryman are probably still shining their new Tony Awards but CBS might just want to put Sunday's primetime telecast on the shelf after hitting an all-time low in the final numbers.
Easily trounced by Game 6 of the 2019 Stanley Cup finals and slightly…
The annual post-Tony shake-out of Broadway closings has yet to get underway, but the pre-scheduled departure of Network last week saw the Bryan Cranston starrer set a couple of records on its way out, contributing $1.1M to Broadway’s total weekly $35M gross for Week 2 of the season.
In all, the tally for Week 2…
Last night’s Tony Awards broadcast on CBS gave this year’s nominated musicals a prime time chance to show the nation what Broadway audiences have been humming about, and for the most part the stage productions made solid choices as to the numbers they chose to put forward.
Hadestown, named Best Musical, smartly chose…
There were no big surprises or major upsets tonight at the 73rd annual Tony Awards, as Hadestown, The Ferryman,Bryan Cranston and Elaine May took the trophies they were meant to take, overt politicizing was kept to a few well-placed swipes, and James Corden oversaw it all like the Broadway-besotted pro we know him to…
Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown ruled the 73rd annual Tony Awards winning eight of the 14 awards they were nominated for including Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical. The Sam Mendes-directed The Ferryman also won big winning four awards including Best Play and Best Direction.
Other big winners of the evening…
Anyone watching the Tony Awards from the official media room got a clear sign that history was apt to be made: For the first time in recent memory, the small stage where winners would be taken for brief Q&As had a wheelchair ramp.
That logistical addition to the room inside the 3 West Club across the street from Radio…
UPDATED with video:James Corden got the Tony Awards off to an electrifying start with a nearly 10-minute song-and-dance extravaganza that persuasively extolled the virtues of the live stage while smuggling a celebration of TV into theater’s biggest night.
It was the CBS late-night host’s second outing hosting the…
The 73rd Annual Tony Awards took place Sunday night, live from Radio City Music Hall in New York and Hadestown stood out as the top winner taking the home eight trophies. James Corden hosted with an all-star roster of presenters including Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Groban, Sara Bareilles, Samuel L. Jackson, Laura Benanti…
The 2019 Tony Awards will air Sunday, June 9 on CBS live from Radio City Music Hall in New York, with Tony winner James Corden handling host duties. The three-hour show will air live on the East Coast and be delayed to 8 PM PT on the West Coast.
CBS will also stream the show live in select markets on its CBS All…
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In what has been one of the most spirited and busy Emmy-campaign seasons in memory, maybe ever, the moment of truth, at least first truth, is nearing as the Television Academy opens the polls Monday — online only, folks — for the roughly…
Call them predictions, opinions or hopes, but here are my thoughts on this year’s Tony Awards races. As usual, the roster of nominees includes a mix of consensus categories (famous last words) and the up-for-grabs. Voting closes today, so the curtain is all but drawn on the campaigning and jockeying and strategizing…
