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The Tony Awards effect has hit Broadway grosses.

Sunset Blvd saw the biggest post-Tonys bump last week with its grosses jumping up more than $400,000 from the prior week to reach $1.7 million.

Nicole Scherzinger, star of the show, won a Tony Award for her performance at the ceremony June 8 and also performed as part of the telecast. The show also won best revival of a musical. Sunset Blvd’s average ticket price also increased to $138 from $110 the week before and capacity increased to 92 percent from 89 percent.

Purpose, which took home the Tony Award for best play and one for featured actress Kara Young, also saw a $100,000 boost in grosses, hitting $636,381 last week, which is the highest gross of its run yet. The play opened March 17 at the Hayes Theater and has had a high capacity throughout its run.

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Watch Joy Woods and Darren Criss rock out to "Suddenly, Seymour" from Little Shop of Horrors during the Maybe Happy Ending star's recent concert! At last night's An Evening With Darren Criss at 92Ny, Woods joined him on stage to perform the Alan Menken and Howard Ashman classic. Both Woods and Criss starred in the hit Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors as Audrey and Seymour, respectively. Woods originated the role of Chiffon in 2019, before returning as Audrey in 2023. Criss played Seymour alongside Evan Rachel Wood as Audrey in 2024. Criss recently won a Tony Award for Maybe Happy Ending, building upon his Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning work in Glee, and on and off Broadway in Little Shop of Horrors, How to Succeed in Business,...

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'Maybe Happy Ending' sweeps the awards, Nicole Scherzinger clinches her first Tony. The 2025 Tony Awards were more than just a celebration of talent—they were a reminder of what makes Broadway magical. Amid the current cultural spotlight on film and television, it was refreshing to see Broadway take center stage and remind audiences of why it holds such a special place in the hearts of so many. The 78th Tony Awards brought robot love stories and emotional tributes. Nothing short of a night full of originality, purpose, and a deep love for the theater world. 'Maybe Happy Ending': The Big Winner ‘Maybe Happy Ending’, a musical about two robots falling in love, giving the feel of a Pixar movie, took the stage as the evening’s biggest winner. It didn’t just take home the top prize of best musical; it swept five Tonys,...

Hayao Miyazaki’s mastery of his craft has inspired millions across the globe. Apart from the movies, the director’s experience is reflected in his words during his public appearances and interviews. There’s always something you can take away from his words, and that’s something that Maybe Happy Ending star Darren Criss also believes in.

Darren Criss is an actor, singer, and songwriter who’s leaving a mark on Broadway with his consecutive excellent performances. During an interview, Criss recently mentioned how Miyazaki’s words helped him continue with theatre and look at the bright side of the format.

Hayao Miyazaki’s words inspired Maybe Happy Ending star Darren Criss

Maybe Happy Ending is a very popular Korean musical, and Darren Criss starred in its Broadway production. The musical has garnered overwhelmingly positive reviews from fans and critics alike. Criss became the first Asian American actor to win...

Glee makes it three straight at the Tonys.

When Darren Criss picked up a Tony Award on Sunday night for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical for his turn in Maybe Happy Ending, the veteran star became the third straight Glee alum to win a trophy on Broadway’s biggest night. He followed hot on the heels of Jonathan Groff, who won his first Tony last year for Merrily We Roll Along (and he was nominated this year in the same category as Criss for Just in Time), and Alex Newell, who won best featured actor in a musical for Shucked in 2023.

Criss accepts his Tony during Sunday’s ceremony. Theo Wargo/Getty Images

While the springboard from screens big and small to the stage is busier than ever, the wins deepen the validation for Ryan Murphy and his beloved Fox musical TV series,...

Good Night, and Good Luck ended its Broadway run on a high, bringing in $4.3 million last week and yet again breaking its own record for highest-grossing play on Broadway.

The record gross came as the play, starring George Clooney, also broadcast its June 7 performance live on CNN, making the show available to all viewers. The play, which recouped its $9.5 million capitalization in just over seven weeks, also hit the highest average ticket price of its run with $347 and played to more than 100 percent capacity.

The production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre April 3 and ended its run June 8, the day of the Tony Awards. The play had five Tony nominations, including one for Clooney, but walked away without any trophies.

Othello, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington, also ended its run at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre June 8 and reached the highest gross of its run with $3.8 million, while reaching a...

The 2025 Tony Awards was a big night for a lot of people — but mostly for the cast of Glee.

Where do we even begin? Perhaps with Jonathan Groff (aka Jesse St. James) getting everyone on their feet with a performance from the Bobby Darin musical Just in Time? Or maybe Lea Michele (Rachel Berry) presenting an award while celebrating her own impending return to Broadway in the revival of Chess? Or how about Darren Criss (Blaine Anderson) taking home his first-ever Tony Award for his role in this year’s Best Musical winner Maybe Happy Ending?

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Darren Criss and cast of “Maybe Happy Ending” perform at The 78Th Annual Tony Awards

The 2025 Tony Awards, which aired on CBS on June 8th, had the awards show’s best ratings since 2019. CBS reports the viewership was up a whopping 38% over 2024. In addition, the 78th Annual Tony Awards hosted by Cynthia Erivo drew in the largest streaming audience on Paramount+, increasing the streaming viewership by 208% over last year.

Maybe Happy Ending emerged the big winner, taking home the Best Musical, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Darren Criss), Best Direction of a Musical (Michael Arden), Best Book of a Musical (Will Aronson and Hue Park), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Dane Laffrey and George Reeve), and Best Original Score trophies. Buena Vista Social Club followed with four, and Stranger Things: The First Shadow and Sunset Blvd. picked up three each.

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Following Broadway’s 78th Annual Tony Awards, winners, nominees and guests all took to the social scene following a night of wins for Sarah Snook, Nicole Scherzinger, Cole Escola, Darren Criss, Francis Jue, Kara Young, Natalie Venetia Belcon and more.

Cynthia Erivo’s hosting began with an original song acknowledging all the nominees from George Clooney to Jonathan Groff. Other performances included the original company of Hamilton reuniting 10 years after the production made its debut — with Groff returning to the stage alongside castmates Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ariana DeBose, Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr., and many more.

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America’s Most Watch Network’s presentation of the 78th Tony Awards on Sunday night averaged 4.85 million total viewers, an increase of 38% year-over-year to mark the biggest audience since 2019 for the telecast. (In 2020, there was no formal Tonys ceremony.)

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Updated: The 2025 Tony Awards saw a substantial rise in viewership compared to last year’s telecast on CBS.

According to Nielsen’s time-zone adjusted data, the awards show drew 5.1 million viewers for CBS. That is up from 3.53 million in 2024, an increase of approximately 44%. That is also the largest audience for the Tonys since 2019, when the telecast that year nabbed 5.4 million viewers.

CBS parent company Paramount also claimed that the show drew its largest ever streaming audience on Paramount+ to the tune of a 208% increase over last year, though actual streaming viewership numbers were not disclosed. The show was up across the major demographics compared to last year as well, with CBS saying the show was up 116% in adults 18-49, 157% in adults 18-34, and 99% in adults 25-54.

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The 2025 Tony Awards saw a substantial uptick in viewership from last year. Broadway’s biggest night was viewed by 38% more viewers this year compared to last.

Sunday night’s ceremony, which broadcast live from New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on CBS and streamed on Paramount+, brought in 4.85 million viewers, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day viewing figures. That’s up from the 2024 Tonys, which scored a viewership of 3.53 million on CBS, which coincided with Father’s Day last year. That’s also the biggest viewership the Tonys have seen since 2019.

This uptick corrects a trend of Tonys viewership consistently decreasing over the past several years. Viewership for the 2024 show saw a 14.8% decrease from the 4.12 million viewers brought in by the 2023 telecast, which was just below the 4.22 million viewers seen by the 2022 show.

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If you’re from out of town (or even a New Yorker who normally avoids the theatre district like the plague), securing coveted seats to blockbuster musicals, plays, and other live shows on Broadway can be confusing. But with a bit of planning, it’s more accessible than ever to buy Broadway tickets to some of the most successful shows — like Hamilton, Wicked, and Chicago, to name a few.

On Sunday, the annual Tony Awards saw the best of Broadway commended for their skill at Radio City Music Hall.

Hosted by Cynthia Erivo, the 78th Tony Awards show was attended by numerous star celebrities on the screen, yet still firmly served as a platform to elevate the unsung musical cast and crew of live performances.

In addition to the many smooth quips Erivo delivered on stage, she also showcased her stellar vocals, singing her original number “Sometimes All You Need Is A Song.”

Notably, the 2025 awards show featured three historic wins for Asian American performers, who are regularly subject to stereotypes and prejudice in the business. The first Asian male to win a Tony was B.D. Wong for M. Butterfly, in 1988, and the first Asian woman was Lea Salonga for Miss Saigon in 1991.

Darren Criss won Best Actor in a Musical, making history as the first Asian American actor...

Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. Mere hours after the 2025 Tonys, we reconvene to dissect the shocking wins, highlight our favorite victors, and discuss the musical performances.

David Buchanan: After a truly sensational Broadway season, last night's Tony Awards didn't disappoint with some surprises, did it? If folks have been reading our weekly column, they probably did pretty well with their predictions and would've seen some of these upsets coming — I shockingly tied for first place worldwide! — but there were still some wins that were hard to call correctly in the moment but were predictable in hindsight. One of those categories was Best Play. We knew that this would be a squeaker between frontrunner Oh, Mary! and challengers Purpose and John Proctor Is the Villain, but very few Gold Derby users correctly called the win for the Pulitzer victor.

Robot love story Maybe Happy Ending and Black family drama Purpose had great nights at the 78th annual Tony Awards, which took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, respectively winning Best Musical and Best Play.

Speaking of the decision to bring the show from its native South Korea to New York City, Maybe Happy Ending producer Hunter Arnold said in the Tonys press room post-win, “The moment I read it, heard it, [director] Michael [Arden] told me about it — it was just this gorgeous jewel box of a heartwarming show. So universal, it’s so hopeful and it’s ironically so incredibly human. So it was a very easy decision to be like, let’s put this thing in Michael’s hands and make it and bring it to life.”

In the musical acting categories, Darren Criss nabbed the Tony for Best Performance by a Leading...

Of all the winners (and also-rans) in the 26 competitive categories at the 2025 Tony Awards, 25 results stand out in terms of historical context. So, what were this year’s most interesting facts, records, and milestones?

1. Cole Escola is the third nonbinary performer to win a Tony for acting, following historic victories by Alex Newell (Shucked) and J. Harrison Ghee (Some Like It Hot) in 2023. Escola is also the first individual to have won for starring in their own play since Harvey Fierstein (Sunday's Lifetime Achievement Award winner) for Torch Song Trilogy in 1983.

2. In 1973, Julie Harris won Best Actress in a Play for portraying Mary Todd Lincoln in James Prideaux's The Last of Mrs. Lincoln. This year, Escola won Best Actor in a Play for portraying Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary!

3. The productions that received multiple Tony nominations, but went home empty-handed, were Boop!, Dead Outlaw, English, Floyd Collins, Good Night,...

A night of firsts and familiar triumphs defined Broadway’s 78th Tony Awards as the robot romance “Maybe Happy Ending” led the field with six prizes, including best musical, direction and actor Darren Criss’s historic win as the first Asian American in that category. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ drawing-room drama “Purpose” captured best play, making him the first Black playwright to earn the honor since August Wilson in 1987 and only the third writer ever to score back-to-back Tony victories.

In acting races, Cole Escola seized best leading actor in a play for “Oh, Mary!”, becoming the Tonys’ first openly non-binary performer to win a lead role award after joking onstage about a canceled Grindr date. Nicole Scherzinger’s powerhouse turn as Norma Desmond in “Sunset Blvd.” earned best leading actress in a musical, upsetting six-time winner Audra McDonald and extending Scherzinger’s run of accolades that began with last year’s Olivier.

Cole Escola’s name rang out at Radio City Music Hall on 8 June when the writer-performer behind the anarchic farce Oh, Mary! won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, becoming the first openly non-binary artist to claim a lead acting prize in any play category. They accepted the trophy with a cheeky nod to a cancelled Grindr date and a salute to “every queer kid who thinks Broadway has no room for them”.

Escola both wrote and stars in Oh, Mary!, a bawdy re-imagining of Mary Todd Lincoln that transferred to the Lyceum Theatre last July after a sold-out Off-Broadway run. The production, staged by director Sam Pinkleton, had already earned Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk honors before arriving at the Tonys with five nominations. In the lead actor race Escola prevailed over high-profile contenders including George Clooney, whose stage debut in Good Night, and Good Luck went home empty-handed.

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Theater is the art of looking at ourselves. And truly, if ever there was a night we peered into the soul of Broadway and saw it shimmering in rhinestones, jazz hands, and overdue monologues, it’s Tony night. This year’s 78th Annual Tony Awards, held on Sunday, June 8, at Radio City Music Hall, was a celebratory combustion of talent, diversity, and straight-up Broadway bravado.

If you missed the Broadway buffet, so rich it could give the Met Gala indigestion. This was a perfectly choreographed celebration of talent, trailblazing, and tenacity, hosted by none other than Cynthia Erivo, who didn’t just host; she owned the night.

The nominations dropped on May 1, 2025, and three big-league contenders hit the ground running with 10 nods each — Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, and Maybe Happy Ending were clearly the cats that got the cream. So, ready for the standing ovation-worthy breakdown?

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Earlier tonight at the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Darren Criss took home a Tony Award for 'Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical' for his outstanding work in Maybe Happy Ending. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, he checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share his initial reaction! Multi-hyphenate actor and musician, Darren Criss burst on to the scene as one of the most memorable TV characters of all time, Blaine Anderson in Fox’s hit show “Glee.” His portrayal of Andrew Cunanan in Ryan Murphy’s critically acclaimed limited series, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” earned him a Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and Critics’ Choice Award. In addition to...

Darren Criss is now a Tony winner.

Criss won his first Tony Award on Sunday night for best actor in a leading role in a musical for Maybe Happy Ending, which is an original musical. He thanked his co-star in his acceptance speech.

“Helen J. Shen, I’m so proud of you and your Broadway debut for the books. This is where you belong,” he said before thanking the rest of the show’s crew and his fellow teachers. The show also won best musical.

Criss continued, “Also my wife Mia, who took a massive swing on allowing me to do this and to allow this crazy upheaval in our life, to make this logistically possible and for bearing the brunt of raising two tiny friends under three so that I could raise a singing robot at the Belasco Theater eight times a week. Mia, you are the very pedestal...

Jonathan Groff hit the stage for a performance during the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The 40-year-old actor joined his Just In Time company to perform a medley of “Mack the Knife,” “That’s All” and “Once in a Lifetime” from the Tony-nominated Broadway musical.

While introducing the performance, host Cynthia Erivo joked about the balcony being the best place to sit for a Jonathan Groff performance, as he has become synonymous with spitting while singing.

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Later that night, Jonathan took the stage for a second performance, joining the original Broadway cast of Hamilton for a medley to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the hit show.

Ahead of the awards ceremony, Jonathan and co-stars Gracie Lawrence and Erika Henningsen were seen hitting the red carpet for the Tonys.

In addition to his two performances, Jonathan...

Darren Criss and his new musical Maybe Happy Ending won big at the Tonys!

The 38-year-old actor picked up his first win at the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Darren won the award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his work in the new musical, which won six awards in total. Check out the Full winners list for the Tonys.

Maybe Happy Ending also won Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical for Michael Arden, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Scenic Design of a Musical. Darren won a second award since he’s a producer on Maybe Happy Ending.

Darren emotionally thanked his wife Mia, who joined him on the carpet at the show.

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Maybe Happy Ending, a musical about two robots falling in love, was the big winner at the Tony Awards Sunday, as the ceremony also awarded a number of firsts.

The musical took home the top prize of best musical, with Darren Criss winning his first Tony Award for leading the show, as well as four other Tonys, including best director of a musical. Nicole Scherzinger won her first Tony Award for her role as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd. in one of the most hotly contested categories, beating out six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald.

“Growing up, I always felt like I didn’t belong. But you all have made me feel like I belong, and I have come home, at last,” Scherzinger said during her emotional acceptance speech.

Sunset Blvd. also won the Tony for best revival of a musical, for Jamie Lloyd’s stripped-down reinterpretation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic.

The 78th Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall got off to a rousing start, as Oprah Winfrey blessed host Cynthia Erivo with a finger hold before the “Wicked” star took center stage to sing the original “Sometimes All You Need is a Song.” With the support of a choir, Erivo tipped her hat to the nominated movie stars (lyric: “Half of Hollywood did a play”), supplied powerhouse vocals, and brought the number to crescendo by getting the audience involved, briefly handing off the mic to Kristin Chenoweth, Aaron Tveit, and Adam Lambert, among others.

It was, indeed, a union of Broadway and Hollywood throughout the evening. During her opening monologue, Erivo noted that it was the most lucrative year in Broadway history (with reported ticket sales of $1.89 billion), “providing we don’t run out of cast members from ‘Succession.’”

“Succession” star Sarah Snook was actually won the first Tony of the evening.

In any other year, whether or not Patti LuPone merely attended the Tony Awards wouldn’t be newsworthy — but this isn’t just any other year for her.

Speculation swirled in recent weeks over whether LuPone would show her face at Sunday’s annual salute to Broadway, following the extremely public backlash to controversial remarks she made about fellow Broadway stars Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald in a recent New Yorker profile.

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Edge-of-seat drama. Stunning twists. Musical performances that brought down the house. The 2025 Tony Awards followed a script that any Broadway aficionado would appreciate.

While the crowd-pleasing Maybe Happy Ending dominated the night with six wins — including Best Musical, Best Musical Actor (Darren Criss), Best Musical Director, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Scenic Design for a Musical — there were some shocking moments.

In one of the night's most highly anticipated matchups, Nicole Scherzinger took home the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Sunset Boulevard, edging out Broadway’s most celebrated star, Audra McDonald. McDonald, earning her record-extending 11th nomination for her portrayal of Mama Rose in Gypsy, had been favored to win following her recent Drama Desk Award victory and surveys of Tony voters that showed her holding a narrow lead (likely due to the recent Patti LuPone controversy).

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Broadway’s best shows and actors were honored at the 2025 Tony Awards and we have the full list of winners!

Maybe Happy Ending was the big winner of the night at the Tonys on Sunday (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The new musical won six awards, including Best Musical and Best Actor in a Musical for lead star Darren Criss, marking his first Tony win and bringing him halfway to Egot.

Other big winners of the night included Buena Vista Social Club and Stranger Things: The First Shadow.

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Make sure to check out our Full coverage of the Tony Awards and all of the incredible performances from the show.

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Best Musical

Buena Vista Social Club

Dead Outlaw

Death Becomes Her

Maybe Happy Ending – Winner

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Lea Salonga goes blue as she attends the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The 54-year-old Tony-winning actress brought her 19-year-old son Nic Chien as her date.

During the ceremony, Lea hit the stage to present the performance from the cast of Maybe Happy Ending, which included stars Darren Criss and Helen J Shen.

Just recently, Lea and Nic opened up about his coming out as Trans, where she shared, “My son and every single trans kid out there, they are bravely trying to navigate the world as who they are, despite an environment that seems hostile to their existence, so I have to lift up every single kid that has to do this.”

See more of what they said here!

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The 2025 Tony Awards featured epic performances from the year’s most buzzed-about musicals and more. With stars like Jonathan Groff, Megan Hilty, Nicole Scherzinger, and more currently on Broadway, the night was filled with epic moments. Everyone absolutely crushed it on stage at the show, but some stood out above the rest. Scroll down for TV Insider’s ranking of the best and worst Tony Awards performances. 12. Maybe Happy Ending I haven’t seen Maybe Happy Ending yet, and I don’t think I’ll be running to the theater based on this performance. Darren Criss and Helen J Chen are supremely talented, but was there not a better song they could’ve chosen for this show? 11. Floyd Collins Jeremy Jordan definitely carried this one and he did an incredible job. It fell a little flat compared to some of the bigger numbers throughout the night, but plenty of talent nonetheless.

The 2025 Tony Awards are being handed out Sunday night.

The first winners were announced during the Darren Criss- and Renée Elise Goldberry-hosted The Tony Awards: Act One preshow streaming on Paramount’s free streaming service Pluto TV from 3:40-5 p.m. Pt/6:40-8 p.m. Et. Criss is a first-time Tony nominee for his role in Maybe Happy Ending, and Goldsberry won a Tony for originating the role of Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a performance featuring members of the original Broadway cast on the 2025 awards show.

The main ceremony, hosted by Tony, Emmy and Grammy winner Cynthia Erivo, will run from 5-8 p.m. Pt/8-11 p.m. Et, live on CBS and Paramount+ with Showtime, from New York’s Radio City Music Hall.

Musicals Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending went into Sunday night...

Helen J Shen shines in green at the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The 25-year-old Maybe Happy Ending star was joined at the annual Broadway event by her boyfriend Andrew Barth Feldman, who previously starred in Dear Evan Hansen on the Great White Way.

She will be performing during the show alongside her castmates!

While Helen is not nominated this evening, her musical is up for several awards, including Best Musical, Best Orchestrations, Best Original Score, Best Scenic Design, Best Direction of a Musical and more.

Her co-star Darren Criss is also up for Best Leading Actor in a Musical!

During the pre-show, Maybe Happy Ending has already picked by Best Book of a Musical for writers Will Aronson and Hue Park.

The Tonys will be hosted by Cynthia Erivo and the main show kicks off at 8pm Et on CBS.

Darren Criss is ready for a big night at the 2025 Tony Awards!

The 38-year-old actor was joined on the red carpet by his wife Mia on Sunday (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Darren is co-hosting the Tony Awards: Act One pre-show telecast on Pluto TV alongside Hamilton‘s Renee Elise Goldsberry.

If you didn’t know, Darren‘s hit musical Maybe Happy Ending is nominated for Best Musical and he’s also up for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, marking his very first Tony nomination.

Also pictured is Darren‘s Tony-nominated director Michael Arden with his husband Andy Mientus.

The Tonys will be hosted by Cynthia Erivo and the main show kicks off at 8pm Et on CBS. A pre-show airs on Pluto TV beginning at 6:40pm Et. Make sure to check out the full list of performers and see...

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Put on your dancing shoes — Broadway’s biggest night is upon us! The 78th annual Tony Awards are being held Sunday, June 8 at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. We’re outlining everything you need to know about the ceremony below, including how to watch it live online via Hulu + Live TV.

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It is Broadway’s biggest night, and theatre’s brightest stars will all be on hand at Radio City Music Hall for the 78th Annual Tony Awards. Tony-winner Cynthia Erivo will host the festivities for the first time on Sunday, June 8. This year, three musicals share the honor of being the most nominated show of the season with 10 individual noms: “Buena Vista Social Club,” “Death Becomes Her,” and “Maybe Happy Ending.” In total 26 awards will be handed out, starting with the “Tony Awards: Act One” preshow, which kicks off at 6:40 p.m. Et on Pluto TV, then at 8 p.m., the ceremony will move to CBS. If you are looking for a live TV streaming service to watch the Tony Awards, I recommend taking advantage...

The 2025 Tony Awards are happening tonight!

The televised ceremony starts at 8 p.m. Et, live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and it’s set to last three hours until 11 p.m. Et.

The main show will be hosted by Cynthia Erivo and televised on CBS. It will stream on Paramount+, but only Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers can stream it live, via their local CBS affiliate. Otherwise, it can be streamed on demand starting the next day (June 9).

You can also stream CBS live through online platforms like Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, DirecTV Stream, and YouTube TV.

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There is a preshow ceremony, starting at 6:40 p.m. Et, hosted by Darren Criss and Renée Elise Goldsberry, and can be streamed free on Pluto TV (click on the “Live Music” channel in the “Entertainment” category).

The red carpet arrivals start streaming live on the Tonys YouTube channel,...

The 2025 Tony Awards are set to kick off Sunday, June 8 at Radio City Music Hall, with Wicked star Cynthia Erivo hosting. The ceremony honoring the best in Broadway will air live on CBS and Paramount+ with Showtime, with Pluto TV streaming the preshow live and Playbill streaming the red carpet.

Where can you watch Sunday’s Tony Awards?

Red Carpet

The 78th edition of the Tonys begins when the red carpet arrivals start flowing at Radio City Music Hall. Playbill is streaming the red carpet live on its YouTube channel, with coverage beginning at 1 p.m. Pt/4 p.m. Et. You can also watch it here.

The Tony Awards: Act One

The official live Tony Awards preshow, hosted by nominees Darren Criss and Renée Elise Goldsberry, gets underway at 3:40 p.m. Pt/6:40 p.m. Et and is streaming for free on Pluto TV. To access Tony Awards: Act...

The 78th annual Tony Awards are scheduled to air live on CBS and Paramount+ at 8 p.m. Et on June 8. Broadcasting live from Radio City Music Hall, the ceremony will be hosted for the first time by Tony-winner Cynthia Erivo, whose “Wicked: For Good” trailer dropped June 6.

Erivo told Stephen Colbert that she feels much less nervous hosting the Tonys versus being a nominee.

“You’re not really waiting for anything,” she said. “Your job is to make sure that everyone has a good night, and you usher people through the evening. That is … for me, fun hard work, but I really enjoy it.”

Erivo said that she had seen all but one of the nominated shows, and that she’s rooting for everyone.

“I can’t pick one of my favorite children,” she said.

Among the nominees are the Audra McDonald-led revival of “Gypsy” and the Nicole Scherzinger-led revival of “Sunset Blvd.

Tonight's the night! The best of Broadway will take the stage tonight at Radio City Music Hall for the 78th Annual Tony Awards, hosted by Cynthia Erivo. Need a refresher on how to watch and when? We've got you covered! When are the 2025 Tony Awards? All Tony Awards-related events will take place on Sunday, June 8 at Radio City Music Hall. At 6:40pm Et/3:40pm Pt, The Tony Awards: Act One, a pre-show of live, exclusive content leading into The 78th Annual Tony Awards. The event will be hosted by Darren Criss and Renée Elise Goldsberry. At 8pm Et/ 5pm Pt, The American Theatre Wing’s 78th Annual Tony Awards, presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, will air Live, hosted by Cynthia Erivo. How do I watch...

Tony Awards weekend has begun! The best of Broadway will take the stage on Sunday at Radio City Music Hall for the 78th Annual Tony Awards, hosted by Cynthia Erivo. Need a refresher on how to watch and when? We've got you covered! When are the 2025 Tony Awards? All Tony Awards-related events will take place on Sunday, June 8 at Radio City Music Hall. At 6:40pm Et/3:40pm Pt, The Tony Awards: Act One, a pre-show of live, exclusive content leading into The 78th Annual Tony Awards. The event will be hosted by Darren Criss and Renée Elise Goldsberry. At 8pm Et/ 5pm Pt, The American Theatre Wing’s 78th Annual Tony Awards, presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, will air Live, hosted by Cynthia Erivo. How...

After five weeks of furious debate since Tony Award nominations were announced, over 1,000 people have made their winner predictions at Gold Derby. New musical Maybe Happy Ending will lead all productions with six victories, while smash comedy Oh, Mary! will win the most trophies of any play with five. Buena Vista Social Club, Sunset Boulevard, and Stranger Things: The First Shadow will all claim multiple prizes, too.

The category with the most fluctuation in our odds heading into the Tony ceremony is the highly coveted trophy for Best Actress in a Musical. Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald had been leading our odds for her performance in Gypsy since the nominations were announced, until Sunset Boulevard's Nicole Scherzinger took the lead for the first time last week. But on Thursday, McDonald pulled ahead again, buoyed by her recent victory at the Drama Desk Awards and various Tony voter surveys noting...

Broadway’s history books might remember the 2024-2025 season as the year Hollywood stars – George Clooney, Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook – sent box office revenue (and ticket prices) soaring to record heights. Or maybe the year of Audra McDonald and Nicole Scherzinger. But I’ll remember this Broadway season as being just so very funny. Oh, Mary!, Eureka Day, Death Becomes Her, even the tender humor of Maybe Happy Ending, all supplied audiences with something in very short supply outside the theater this year: Laughter. That’s the best legacy of the 2024-2025 Broadway season.

With that in mind, and much gratitude, here are my predictions for this Sunday’s 78th Annual Tony Awards.

Best Play

Will win: Oh, Mary!

Should win: Oh, Mary!

Cole Escola, Conrad Ricamora, ‘Oh, Mary!’ Emilio Madrid

Before the big, superstar-driven megahits Good Night,...

Broadway’s biggest night is back — and it’s sure to be packed with star power, dazzling performances, and fierce competition. The 2025 Tony Awards, celebrating the best of live theater, is a can't-miss event for theater lovers. Whether you're tuning in live or streaming online, here's everything you need to know about 78th Tony Awards.

When are the Tonys?

The 78th annual Tony Awards are held on June 8, beginning at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt.

How to watch the Tonys live online

The Tony Awards will stream live on Paramount+ with Showtime and broadcast on television via CBS. The ceremony will also be available on Paramount+ (for non Showtime subscribers) the following day. To watch the Tonys live, sign up for the Paramount+ with Showtime plan (information can be found here) or search your local listings for the CBS affiliate in your area.

Who is hosting the Tonys this year?...

The 2025 Tony nominees for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical recently met up for dinner, and took to social media to share photos from the evening. Darren Criss (Maybe Happy Ending), Jeremy Jordan (Floyd Collins), Jonathan Groff (Just In Time), James Monre Iglehart (A Wonderful World), Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw), and Tom Francis (Sunset Blvd.) posed together for friendly photos just days before this weekend's Tony Awards. "The laughs, the stories, the honesty, the humility, the camaraderie at this table was incredible!" Iglehart wrote in a caption on Instagram. "What a fantastic night to share with this group of incredible human beings! Let’s do it again soon fellas!" Criss also shared a photo with the caption, "Leading...

The Hollywood Reporter is counting down to the 2025 Tonys with THR‘s Awards Countdown: Tonys Edition, a streaming preshow that will deliver expert analysis, predictions, behind-the-scenes set visits, nominee spotlights and so much more that will stream on Friday, June 6 ahead of Broadway’s biggest night on Sunday, June 8.

Straight from the iconic Top of the Rock in New York City, right across the street from where this year’s ceremony will take place at Radio City Music Hall, Awards Countdown: Tonys Edition, hosted by THR’s Neha Joy will feature theater and awards experts weighing in on the ceremony’s top categories, including best actor, best actress, best musical, best play and best revivals.

Will it be a tight race between Nicole Scherzinger and Audra McDonald for best actress in a musical? Could Cole Escola make history with a best actor in a play win? And which shows will...

Ahead of the 78th Tony Awards, which will take place on Sunday night at Radio City Music Hall in New York and air on CBS, The Hollywood Reporter gathered seven of the 2024-2025 Broadway season’s standout performers for our annual Tonys Roundtable.

Joining us to discuss their Tony-nominated parts, as well as hot-button issues like nontraditional casting, gender-neutral awards and screens on stages, were two nominees for best actress in a musical, Audra McDonald (stage mother Rose in Gypsy) and Nicole Scherzinger (aging film star Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd.); two nominees for best actor in a musical, Darren Criss (a futuristic A.I. “Helperbot” in Maybe Happy Ending) and Jonathan Groff (Bobby Darin in Just in Time); a nominee for best actress in a play, Sarah Snook (26 characters in The Picture of Dorian Gray); and two nominees for best actor in a play, Cole Escola (a hilariously ahistorical Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh,...

Lighting Designer Ben Stanton is currently nominated for his fifth Tony Award for his work on Maybe Happy Ending, starring Darren Criss and Helen J Shen. He was previously nominated for his work on the Broadway productions of A Christmas Carol, Derren Brown: Secret, Fun Home, Junk, and Deaf West’s Spring Awakening. BroadwayWorld spoke with Stanton about the creative process of lighting a show that is equal parts futuristic and emotionally resonant, his inspiraton for the design, what the collaborative process looked like, and much more. Maybe Happy Ending blends futuristic elements with an intimate love story—I’m curious about how you approached the lighting design to support both futuristic tone and the emotional core of the show? When I first got brought on to the...

Sutton Foster, Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga, Idina Menzel, and (if I may invoke her name) Patti LuPone would have been a monster of an all-star Tony nomination lineup in any other season. But those past winners, each a major force in musical theater history, missed the ballot despite their (almost uniformly) strong showings on Broadway this year.

If it’s uncouth to define a season by who didn’t make the Tony cut, that group of also-rans is a sign of the riches on offer. And if this season was in part distinguished by the arrival of a cavalcade of Hollywood A-listers, the nominations also highlight how many Broadway mainstays have set up residence to deliver excellence year after year: Nominees Jonathan Groff, Danya Taymor, Kara Young, Justin Peck, and Dede Ayite all won Tonys last season.

So if not quite every gem of the season is in the mix this Sunday,...