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The 76th Tony Awards will take place tonight at the United Palace in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. The awards ceremony, which honors plays and musicals that opened on Broadway between April 29, 2022, and April 27, 2023, will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+. Streamed a special segment, hosted by Julianne Hough and Skylar Astin Pluto TV before the main ceremony, where several awards, including recognitions for lifetime achievement and best original score, were announced.
This year’s awards ceremony, which was nearly canceled amid the Writers Guild of America strike, will be presented without a script in an agreement reached with the union. (When a screenwriters’ strike last month threatened the broadcast, the playwrights banded together to save the telecast.) As a result, the show will go on, but the ceremony will lose the custom-made opening number. . Writers were also encouraged to record their acceptance speeches.
Ariana DeBose, hosting the ceremony for the second year in a row, opened the night with an explanation about the strike, calling her and every presenter unscripted for the night. “To anyone who might think that last year was a bit unhinged, to them I say, ‘Darlings, buckle up’,” he said.
A performance from “New York, New York” led off the broadcast; audiences can expect performances from other Tony-nominated musicals, including “& Juliet,” “Camelot,” “Kimberly Akimbo,” “Shucked” and “Some Like It Hot,” in addition to the musical numbers from “Funny Girl” and “A Good Noise.”
Below is an updated list of winners.
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt, “New York, New York”
Best Costume Design of a Play
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, “Leopoldstadt”
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes, “Some Like It”
Best Sound Design of a Play
Carolyn Downing, “Life of Pi”
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Nevin Steinberg, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Tim Lutkin, “Life of Pi”
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Natasha Katz, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement
Joel Gray and John Kander
Isabelle Stevenson Award
Jerry Mitchell
Regional Theater Tony Award
Pasadena Playhouse
Tony Award for Excellence in Theater Education
Jason Zembuch Young
Tony Honors Excellence in Theatre
Lisa Dawn Cave, Victoria Bailey and Robert Fried
