The Tonys Will Return to Radio City on June 12th

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/tony-awards-date-venue-2022-awards-show-1235107781/

"The 2022 Tony Awards, the 75th annual celebration, will air live coast-to-coast for the first time, but as with September’s show, this year’s four-hour presentation will be split between Paramount+ and CBS. The first hour, at 7 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PT will feature exclusive content streaming only on Paramount+. The awards show will continue at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT live on CBS and streaming live and on-demand on Paramount+."

Seems like it'll be Huge Jackman as host. If not, Broderick and SJP?

Praying they bring back the discounted ticket deal you could get if you went to Radio City the day of

Exciting it'll be back at Radio City and four hours, three on CBS, though I did like the intimacy of being in a Broadway theatre last year. Definitely feels so much more normal, and I'm sure by that point it'll be masks optional (unless they continue for optics).

Live coast-to-coast will be great for the ratings also, considering there's usually some sports or big TV event often conflicting that evening.

Updated On: 3/9/22 at 02:51 PM

JSquared2 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "ACL2006 said: "Seems like it'll be Huge Jackman as host. If not, Broderick and SJP?"

Jackman wouldn't be a bad idea either. Broderick and SJP will probably be presenters though."



The host(s) won't be anyone in a currently running show. They wouldn't be able to miss performances.

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Chenoweth co-hosted with Alan Cumming back in 2015 when she was leading On The Twentieth Century, and I believe others have done the same. It has, and can, be done.

Updated On: 3/9/22 at 02:57 PM

Would Jackman want to host if the tea leaves for The Music Man's Tony chances aim towards little love for him or the show?

It won’t happen but I wish they would stick to airing performances filmed in the actual theaters, instead of how it’s been done live on that stage in years past. It gave a MUCH better representation of the shows than they normally get.

I have no interest in seeing taped performances during the Tony Awards. It's not the Thanksgiving Day Parade, and there have been many unforgettable performances captured live during the ceremony.

Updated On: 3/9/22 at 03:54 PM

I guess that’s an argument I don’t really understand, unless you’re actually in the audience at the awards show. Because for everyone else it’s still a filmed performance they’re watching. And the performances last year were still filmed live in front of an audience with their original sets (which looks much better than digital replicas). So I don’t see a downside, again, unless you’re sitting at Radio City and want to see them perform in front of you.

Hopefully, the first hour on Paramount+ can bring back the hour-long pre-show they used to do on PBS.

That means these are all the eligible shows this year:

NEW PLAYS

Pass Over
Chicken & Biscuits
Is This A Room
Thoughts of a Colored Man
The Lehman Trilogy
Dana H.
Clyde's
Skeleton Crew
Birthday Candles
The Minutes
Hangmen

NEW MUSICALS

Six
Diana The Musical
Mrs. Doubtfire
Flying Over Sunset
MJ The Musical
Paradise Square
A Strange Loop
Mr. Saturday Night
Girl From The North Country

PLAY REVIVALS

Lackawanna Blues
Trouble In Mind
Plaza Suite
Take Me Out
American Buffalo
How I Learned to Drive
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
The Skin of Our Teeth
Macbeth

MUSICAL REVIVALS

Caroline, or Change
Company
The Music Man
Funny Girl



What a season. 11 new plays, almost half of them by writers of color. At least we'll get a proper Tony Awards this year.

Updated On: 3/9/22 at 07:03 PM

Alex Kulak2 said: "That means these are all the eligible shows this year:

ORIGINAL MUSICALS

Six
Diana The Musical
Mrs. Doubtfire
Flying Over Sunset
MJ The Musical
Paradise Square
The Little Prince
A Strange Loop
Mr. Saturday Night"

First of all, you forgot Girl From the North Country. Second of all, I'm currently assuming that The Little Prince won't be eligible as a musical. If the Best Special Theatrical Event category was still in existence, it would likely be competing there.

Updated On: 3/9/22 at 07:11 PM

I would love to see Stephen Colbert host. If not him, then maybe Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo, Josh Groban, just to name a few.