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The bond between the Merrily We Roll Along was palpable at the 2024 Tony Awards after Daniel Radcliffe’s win. Radcliffe won in the Featured Actor in a Musical category for his role as Charley Kringas in the Broadway production. “I’m going to talk fast and try not to cry,” Radcliffe said as he…

Alicia Keys performed at the 2024 Tony Awards and was joined by Jay-Z to sing “Empire State of Mind.” Inspired by Keys’ music catalog, the musical Hell’s Kitchen was nominated at the award show, and the singer joined the cast on stage to sing her hit song. Related…

After singing and dancing in an opening number that she choreographed, Ariana DeBose kicked off the 77th Annual Tony Awards Sunday by calling out all the new productions this year — 36! — while also addressing how live theater is more important than ever these days. “We are in a global moment when…

Broadway’s busy, busy 2023-24 season has been building to this night for months, with new show after new show crowding the spring and making for what promises to be — in some categories anyway — a race tighter than the rock band of Stereophonic. Ok, maybe not that tight, but what is? In all, 36…

The 77th annual Tony Awards airs live today from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The celebration will honor theater professionals for distinguished achievement on Broadway for the 2023-2024 season, and they are presented by the Broadway League and the…

Alicia Key and Jay-Z will perform "Empire State of Mind" during tonight's 77th Tony Awards from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The performance tonight is part of the 8:00-11:00 PM ET/5:00-8:00 PM, PT on CBS. RELATED: Alicia Keys "Had To Do So…

Ariana DeBose, tonight’s host for the Tony Awards for the third time, wants to be in the audience next time. “I am really craving being back on stage, in a larger way than simply hosting the Tonys,” she said to People. “And for that reason, this will probably be one of the last times I host for a…

Rock icon Pete Townshend will not only introduce the musical performance of The Who’s Tommy cast, but will take part in it: Deadline hears that Townshend and the Tommy cast are set to perform “Pinball Wizard.” Townshend was previously announced as a presenter on the broadcast. He previously joined…

Ron Simons, who had a busy if low-key TV acting career before making his greatest impact producing such acclaimed Broadway plays as Thoughts of a Colored Man (2021) and the 2022 revival of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, died Wednesday. The four-time Tony Award…

With important discussions raised recently about whether (and which) new categories should be added to the Tony Awards competition — Hair, Wig & Makeup? Casting? Ensemble? Projections? — allow me an unimportant one: Best Coin Toss, because that’s what so many predictors will rely on for a season crammed…

The Who’s Tommy composer Pete Townshend, The Outsiders producer Angelina Jolie, and the Wicked movie’s Cynthia Erivo are among the roster of Tony Award presenters announced today by producers of this Sunday’s broadcast. Airing live from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing…

Stereophonic, the David Adjmi play about a 1970s rock band that prominently features the fictional band’s songs, will perform a musical number at the Tony Awards this Sunday after all. The earlier exclusion of the play from the musical number line-up was publicly questioned by the playwright and…