2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)

[malcs98]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#1

Posted: 6/2/26 at 10:55am

THE LOST BOYS
SHOULD PERFORM: Secret Comes Out
WILL PERFORM: Lose Myself/Have to Have You

SCHMIGADOON!
Should Perform: Corn Puddin’
Will Perform: Schmigadoon!

TITANÍQUE
Should Perform: River Deep Mountain High
Will Perform: I’m Alive/Taking Chances

TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK)
Should Perform: If I Believed
Will Perform: New York

CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL
Should Perform: The Jellicle Ball
Will Perform: Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats

RAGTIME
Should Perform: New Music
Will Perform: Prologue “Ragtime”

RICHARD O’BRIEN’S THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Should Perform: Sweet Transvestite
Will Perform: Time Warp

The Book of Mormon and Chicago anniversary performances should and will be a medley. P!nk will have an opening number which should be written by Pasek & Paul (who she has collaborated with multiple times in the past), and her theatre loving daughter Willow Sage Hart will make a cameo in the ceremony

Updated On: 6/2/26 at 10:55 AM

[quizking101]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#2

Posted: 6/2/26 at 1:14pm

CATS is curating a special megamix slightly different from the standard production numbers in order to highlight as many production elements as possible, specifically the choreography and costumes. Elements of both of the aforementioned songs will be included, but it’s very much an evolving number that they’ve been working on for about 2 weeks now.

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[malcs98]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#3

Posted: 6/2/26 at 1:42pm

quizking101 said: "CATS is curating a special megamix slightly different from the standard production numbers in orderto highlight as many production elements as possible, specifically the choreography and costumes. Elements of both of the aforementioned songs will be included, but it’s very much an evolving number that they’ve been working on for about 2 weeks now."

Oh this is about to be a performance for the history books...I really hope this performance alone is gonna prove that they're gonna win Best Revival of a Musical and that it will run as the iconic promo says "now, and forever"

[bwayobsessed]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#4

Posted: 6/2/26 at 9:48pm

I think Titanique can and should end with making the audience sing My heart will go on.

I want Two Strangers to do American Express but feel like they’ll do New York/This is the place combo

I really hope Ragtime does New Music

[Sutton Ross]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#5

Posted: 6/2/26 at 9:52pm

Yes, I would love for them to do "New Music", but I think Two Strangers will absolutely do "New York" because it's catchy as hell and obviously quite fitting for the occasion. 

[Fred Mason]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#6

Posted: 6/3/26 at 6:03am

Ragtime will probably do the end of act 1, no?  They’ve already done the opening on GMA, wheels of a dream and back to before have also been done on morning shows. 

[bwayobsessed]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#7

Posted: 6/3/26 at 9:34am

Fred Mason said: "Ragtime will probably do the end of act 1, no? They’ve already done the opening on GMA, wheels of a dream and back to before have also been done on morning shows."

Doing numbers on previous shows has never stopped them from performing the same numbers at the Tonys

[EDSOSLO858]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#8

Posted: 6/3/26 at 9:47am

Official: as was to be expected, an original, 7-minute opening number written by Pasek and Paul (with an assist from Marc Shaiman) will kick off this year's ceremony. 

We are the New York Knicks! / We are the New York Knicks! / We are the New York Knicks! / We are the New York Knicks! / Say "Go New York, go New York, go!” / (Go New York, go New York, go!) / Say "Go New York, go New York, go!" / (Go New York, go New York, go!)

Updated On: 6/3/26 at 09:47 AM

[LYLS3637]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#9

Posted: 6/3/26 at 10:16am

I guess this means my unrealistic dreams of a CHESS performance are officially dashed and DOA...

"I shall stay until the wind changes."

[fashionguru_23]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#10

Posted: 6/3/26 at 11:39am

I don't know the show, but whatever song from Two Strangers has the TikTok sound that went viral ("up to Rockafeller") should be what they perform.

[ACL2006]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#11

Posted: 6/3/26 at 12:25pm

PINK will be apart of the CHICAGO performance along with Queen Latifah and several other stars.

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[Rentaholic2]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#12

Posted: 6/3/26 at 12:36pm

bwayobsessed said: "Fred Mason said: "Ragtime will probably do the end of act 1, no? They’ve already done the opening on GMA, wheels of a dream and back to before have also been done on morning shows."

Doing numberson previous shows has never stopped them from performing the same numbers at the Tonys"

I assume they'll do whatever they think will sell the most tickets for the tour.  Which is probably the prologue.  I'm ok with that, as it remains, in my opinion, one of the greatest opening numbers of all time. 

[malcs98]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#13

Posted: 6/3/26 at 2:56pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "Official: as was to be expected, an original, 7-minute opening number written by Pasek and Paul (with an assist from Marc Shaiman) will kick off this year's ceremony."

I CALLED IT!!!! Now the question is will it be a fly-show or a no-fly show for P!nk during this opening number?

[Kad]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#14

Posted: 6/3/26 at 2:59pm

I have to imagine they'll do some flying bit with her and the Lost Boys, right?

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[malcs98]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#15

Posted: 6/3/26 at 3:04pm

Kad said: "I have to imagine they'll do some flying bit with her and the Lost Boys, right?"

Only if they manage to incorporate some of the cast members from all of the nominated shows in costume into this performance which if so (despite the fact that its been done before) would be extremely impressive

 

Updated On: 6/3/26 at 03:04 PM

[Dreamboy3]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#16

Posted: 6/3/26 at 5:34pm

I don’t understand why more shows don’t do their opening numbers. It is the best way to introduce a musical to people who haven’t seen it. 

[GirlFromOz68]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#17

Posted: 6/3/26 at 6:15pm

LYLS3637 said: "I guess this means my unrealistic dreams of a CHESS performance are officially dashed and DOA..."

An edited version of Endgame with the whole Chess cast involved would have been so much more interesting  and a moment than whatever Rocky Horror will do.  

Also re the 7 minute opening,  Bryce is doing a take over of The Wing IG account today and teased a secret involvement at the Tony awards where he had a rehearsal today and I saw one ensemble member post a pic on their IG stories outside Radio City today so we may get a tiny bit of Chess.

Updated On: 6/3/26 at 06:15 PM

[malcs98]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#18

Posted: 6/4/26 at 2:55pm

GirlFromOz68 said: "LYLS3637 said: "Also re the 7 minute opening, Bryce is doing a take over of The Wing IG account today and teased a secret involvement at the Tony awards where he had a rehearsal today and I saw one ensemble member post a pic on their IG stories outside Radio City today so we may get a tiny bit of Chess."

This opening is supposedly going to feature over 170 different broadway performers...so something tells me this opening is gonna top NPH's "Bigger" opening back in 2013 

Updated On: 6/4/26 at 02:55 PM

[carolinaguy]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#19

Posted: 6/4/26 at 3:39pm

Ragtime should have Ben Levi Ross introduce a medley of "Our Children" leading into the back half of "Wheels of a Dream." That would showcase all their nominees and the songs would be linked by theme.

Just remembering you've had an "and" When you're back to "or" Makes the "or" mean more than it did before

[CoffeeBreak]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#20

Posted: 6/4/26 at 3:43pm

malcs98 said: "GirlFromOz68 said: "LYLS3637 said: "Also re the 7 minute opening, Bryce is doing a take over of The Wing IG account today and teased a secret involvement at the Tony awards where he had a rehearsal today and I saw one ensemble member post a pic on their IG stories outside Radio City today so we may get a tiny bit of Chess."

This opening is supposedly going tofeature over 170 different broadway performers...so something tells me this opening is gonna top NPH's "Bigger" opening back in 2013"

Pink says she is going to make fun of herself from the very beginning (that she has not done Broadway).  She has also mentioned "wires" ...  so expecting flying or a parody of Peter Pan Pink. 

[theblackumbrella]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#21

Posted: 6/4/26 at 3:57pm

Ragtime should perform "Till We Reach That Day"

[carolinaguy]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#22

Posted: 6/4/26 at 4:04pm

theblackumbrella said: "Ragtime should perform "Till We Reach That Day""

You don't want a giant downer for your Tony showcase.

Just remembering you've had an "and" When you're back to "or" Makes the "or" mean more than it did before

[EDSOSLO858]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#23

Posted: 6/4/26 at 7:25pm

Correction: Mark Sonnenblick will be assisting Pasek and Paul for this year’s opening number, not Shaiman. 

We are the New York Knicks! / We are the New York Knicks! / We are the New York Knicks! / We are the New York Knicks! / Say "Go New York, go New York, go!” / (Go New York, go New York, go!) / Say "Go New York, go New York, go!" / (Go New York, go New York, go!)

[HaveAGoodShow]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#24

Posted: 6/4/26 at 8:24pm

For me, it doesn't matter what the shows perform. I think what's more important is that the director is up to the task of shooting these production numbers in a way that fully honors and captures the performers onstage while also enhancing the energy and excitement that each show brings.

Updated On: 6/4/26 at 08:24 PM

[Sutton Ross]

2026 Tony Awards Performance Predictions (or What Songs They Should and Will Perform)#25

Posted: 6/4/26 at 8:28pm

Also re the 7 minute opening, Bryce is doing a take over of The Wing IG account today and teased a secret involvement at the Tony awards where he had a rehearsal today and I saw one ensemble member post a pic on their IG stories outside Radio City today so we may get a tiny bit of Chess."

I love everything about that. I love Bryce and his character in Chess, and I love that they've featured his songs on a few talk shows. Such an excellent performer.