When will the Tony Awards be presented?

Considering we don't have much time left in 2020, one would think there'd at least have been a date announced by now.

this has been discussed a number of times. Yes, there should have been some sort of announcement, but unfortunately the person in charge is beyond incompetent. Sad but true, and in many ways more than this. The ceremony will be held in 2021, not 2020. The original notion (based on the same incompetence) was that Broadway would be back sooner rather than later. When the incompetent learned that Broadway would not be back until (essentially) the fall, it no longer made sense to market the brand in late 2020. (Not all agree with this but that is the consensus, especially from those writing checks.) So there is no announcement of any kind, but what I am hearing from more than one person is that it may well take place in the normal slot in 2021, celebrating what's let of the 2019-20 season (since there will be no 2020-21 season at all). This would set things up in the conventional way for Fall marketing. (Now of course not everyone, including me, thinks that all of these shows to be marketed will be back in 2021 at all.) Patience.

Seems plausible that they’ll still have it in June, as hogan said. What seems shítty is that they had the audacity to announce the nominees and leaving them in the dust without a single word. At least The Academy made an announcement of some sort before any nominees were announced, but when it comes to The League, why the silence?

Edited: thanks for the clarification Hogan.

Updated On: 12/6/20 at 09:45 PM

They have entirely botched any and all momentum/buzz for this ceremony by releasing the nominations and then going radio silent. There's no media coverage. The nominees aren't doing interviews or campaigning without any notion of a date. People are already forgetting who is nominated. Are they really going to ask voters to vote for things they saw 2 years ago? How will anyone truly remember the nuances of the nominated scores from plays? Or the composition of the sound design? Or the way the lighting came together to create a beautiful stage picture?

If they really are going to wait until June, they will need a major shot in the arm of advertising and hype. Maybe they can re-air the nomination announcements? I don't know. I have no idea what would ramp buzz back up for this. But incompetence does indeed seem like the correct word here.

I think it is worth remembering that the circle of people who pay attention to the nominations under the best of circumstances does not really extend very far beyond this board. So only we are waiting with baited breath.

There was a school of thought among some producers that the awards in 2020 would be a valuable brand reinforcement. Others wanted tickets to sell before they wrote checks. Obviously, the latter won out (whether intentionally or due to incompetence).

MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "They have entirely botched any and all momentum/buzz for this ceremony by releasing the nominations and then going radio silent. There's no media coverage. The nominees aren't doing interviews or campaigning without any notion of a date. People are already forgetting who is nominated. Are they really going to ask voters to vote for things they saw 2 years ago? How will anyone trulyremember the nuances of the nominated scores from plays? Or the composition of the sound design? Or the way the lighting came together to create a beautiful stage picture?

If they really are going to wait until June, they will need a major shot in the arm of advertising and hype. Maybe they can re-air the nomination announcements? I don't know. I have no idea what would ramp buzz back up for this. But incompetence does indeed seem like the correct word here."

That's not entirely true - some shows are sending out swag, both virtual and physical, to promote their nominees. But most are staying quiet. I suspect that the voters will be reminded of all of the nominees and their work like they are every other season. This time there will just be more distance between when a voter saw the show and when they voted. Every season there are shows that voters saw a year ago they have to remember, this year it will just be two years back they'll have to remember. Not ideal, but I don't think it's too much to ask of them.

Anything seems fair game now, so I could see them having an early voting period long before the ceremony. But they would have to announce it far in advance rather than springing it on voters. I know for a fact that many nominee's teams are in a wait and see mode and haven't started much of a campaign yet. Because they are waiting on dates. Slave Play and A Soldier's Play have been the most active (there's interviews out with Ato Blankson-Wood, Lindsay Jones, Blair Underwood), Roundabout's recent Kenny Leon announcement was intended to be timed during the new "Tony season," and I know some virtual stuff has gone out. Interesting @itsjustme that you mention physical swag has gone out, I dont know of folks who have gotten physical stuff yet, at least they haven't shared that with me.

I just really hope they announce SOME kind of plan before Christmas.