Tony Awards Host 2020
Tony Awards Host 2020
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#3Tony Awards Host 2020
Posted: 2/23/20 at 4:23pmJohn Mulaney should really get to do it
#4Tony Awards Host 2020
Posted: 2/23/20 at 4:48pmI'm hoping for John Mulaney. Lin Manuel Miranda needs to host someday.
#5Tony Awards Host 2020
Posted: 2/23/20 at 4:58pmI like the idea of Billy Porter or John Mulaney, but I could see them going for James Corden (again) or Stephen Colbert. I also thought fleetingly of Hugh Jackman, despite his mixed reviews of his hosting job last time, who could amp up the enthusiasm for the Music Man even further.
yankeefan7
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/12
#7Tony Awards Host 2020
Posted: 2/23/20 at 5:55pm
No idea who will be asked but I always thought David Hyde Pierce would be a good selection.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#9Tony Awards Host 2020
Posted: 2/23/20 at 6:32pm
HogansHero said: "There's always no one. 
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I’d be okay with no one as long as they don’t go the Oscars route and substitute for having no host by adding unnecessary “bits” that make the show run longer. LOL. I’m guessing that since it’s a live show celebrating live theater, they feel the need to have a host on stage.
The Tony Awards are never going to attract a high number of viewers, but I’m thinking Mulaney might be too obscure as great as he would be. I’m guessing it’ll be Corden or Colbert or someone else who might attract a wider demographic. I’d love it to be Audra or Bette.
Alex M
Broadway Star Joined: 11/16/13
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#11Tony Awards Host 2020
Posted: 2/23/20 at 7:05pmI believe that Mulaney has spoken before about how he’d be interested in doing it if the job was offered to him. I think he’d be a great choice.
#12Tony Awards Host 2020
Posted: 2/23/20 at 7:40pm
Porter seems like a very natural choice at this point, but Mulaney would also be fantastic.
The show will never garner huge ratings even with megastars hosting (and hosts don’t actually get paid that much) so I think they might at well just go for one of them
#13Tony Awards Host 2020
Posted: 2/23/20 at 7:41pmJohn Mulaney or Rachel Bloom or both? Corden was mediocre in my opinion. Also can never go wrong with bringing NPH back.
#14Tony Awards Host 2020
Posted: 2/23/20 at 7:41pmJohn Mulaney or Rachel Bloom or both? Corden was mediocre in my opinion. Also can never go wrong with bringing NPH back.
#15Tony Awards Host 2020
Posted: 2/23/20 at 7:41pmJohn Mulaney or Rachel Bloom or both? Corden was mediocre in my opinion. Also can never go wrong with bringing NPH back.
SouthernCakes
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/19
rhymeswithrockk
Swing Joined: 2/16/20
#19Awards Host 2020
Posted: 2/23/20 at 9:00pm
does anyone who has posted a name or names have any information that any of these people have the slightest interest or (avail)ability to do this?
#20Awards Host 2020
Posted: 2/23/20 at 9:03pm
BILL PORTER
#21Awards Host 2020
Posted: 2/23/20 at 9:36pmBloom would be great but I thought they had an unsaid rule about host always being someone who had been on Broadway. Agree with suggestions here but yeah... they're likely super busy unless the planning has started already
#22Awards Host 2020
Posted: 2/24/20 at 2:17am
My choice would be Stephen Colbert, he's on CBS and it's an election year. He would be absolutely perfect, I don't know why he hasn't done it yet. I also like the idea of Billy Porter, John Mulaney, and Lin Manuel, Tiny Fey, Rachel Bloom, and Kathy Griffin. I feel like they should also bring back Neil Patrick Harris at some point or even Rosie O'Donnell.
#23Awards Host 2020
Posted: 2/24/20 at 9:48am
Broadway Flash said: "My choice would be Stephen Colbert, he's on CBS and it'san election year. He would be absolutely perfect, I don't know why he hasn't done it yet. I also like the idea of Billy Porter, John Mulaney, and Lin Manuel, Tiny Fey, Rachel Bloom, and Kathy Griffin. I feel like they should also bring back Neil Patrick Harris at some point or even Rosie O'Donnell."
You seem to think that all of these people are simply waiting for the call. Perhaps, like some others here, you think this is just a show up kinda gig; it is not: it is a LOT of work and of course for anyone not NY-based, a lot of time away from home/work. Being Colbert, as an example, is a more than full-time job. And hosting an awards show is also a job that has a relatively high risk of failure.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#25Awards Host 2020
Posted: 2/24/20 at 10:05amStephen Colbert, Lin, or Billy Porter would all be fun
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