TONY AWARDS

How to watch the 2024 Tony Awards ceremony online and on TV: date, times...

The 77th edition of the Tonys takes place in New York City this weekend with Ariana DeBose hosting the ceremony for the third year running.

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The nominees for the 2024 Tonys, the 77th edition of the theater awards ceremony, were announced live on CBS by former winners Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry back in April.

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The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, or the Tonys return to celebrates achievements in live Broadway theater performances during the 2023-24 season. The Tony Awards have been an important part of the Broadway community since their inception in 1947. Winning a Tony is considered one of the highest honors in the theater industry.

Hell’s Kitchen and Stereophonic tipped for awards at the Tonys

This year, the hit musical Hell’s Kitchen, featuring music and lyrics from 16-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys, picked up 13 Tony Award nominations. It will face strong competition from Stereophonic, written by David Adjmi and directed by Daniel Aukin, which also has 13 nominations.

Stereophonic tells the trials and tribulations of an up and coming rock band recording their debut album while on the verge of stardom in the mid-70s. The play, which features original music by Arcade Fire’s Will Butler, premiered at the Golden Theater on 3 April.

Stereophonic has been such a huge success that it has been extended twice. The show has been extended for 20 weeks, running through January 5, 2025 at the Golden Theatre, 252 West 45th Street, Broadway.

Musical performances at the 2024 Tony awards

  • Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club 
  • Hell’s Kitchen 
  • Illinoise
  • Merrily We Roll Along
  • Suffs
  • The Outsiders
  • The Who’s Tommy 
  • Water for Elephants

Battling it out for the Best Musical award will be: Hell’s Kitchen, The Outsiders, Illinoise, Suffs and Water for Elephants. Among the actors who have been nominated are: Daniel Radcliffe (Merrily We Roll Along), Jeremy Strong (An Enemy of the People), Rachel McAdams (Mary Jane) and Sarah Paulson for Appropriate.

The ceremony will feature musical performances from eight of the shows nominated for best musical and best revival of a musical.

Ariana DeBose will host the ceremony for the third year running. This year’s event takes place Sunday, June 16 at the David H. Koch Theater at the Lincoln Center in New York City.

A 90-minute pre-show, The Tony Awards: Act One, hosted by Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar, will stream live on freeview Pluto TV starting at 6:30 p.m. EDT. The ceremony will follow, airing live on CBS from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m. EDT. and a livestream will be available on demand on Paramount+.

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