Overview
- The 79th Tony Awards will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and streamed on Paramount+ with a free pre-show, The Tony Awards: Act One, on Pluto TV.
- Grammy winner P!nk serves as the main-show host and will join high-profile performers and presenters in a telecast that includes every Best Musical and Best Revival nominee on the CBS broadcast.
- The pre-show, hosted by Laura Benanti and Tituss Burgess beginning at 6:35 p.m. ET, will present the creative-arts categories and several special presentations at no cost to viewers on Pluto TV.
- Broadway heavyweights such as the original Book of Mormon cast and a 30th-anniversary Chicago tribute led by Queen Latifah are scheduled to appear, underscoring the ceremony’s emphasis on celebratory programming.
- Organizers framed the broadcast as a platform to extend the season’s commercial gains — a season that produced a record $1.91 billion in grosses — by increasing national visibility for nominees and creatives.