Broadway’s biggest night is here.
The 79th annual Tony Awards, celebrating the best and brightest of Broadway, are tonight, June 7. 19 plays and 11 musicals opened between April 28, 2025, through April 26, 2026, making them eligible for this year’s Tonys.
“The Lost Boys,” based on the 1987 vampire flick, and “Schmigadoon!,” based on the Apple TV series, are tied for this year’s most-nominated musicals with 12 each. The Nathan Lane-led revival of “Death of a Salesman” leads nominated plays with nine.
This year, three lifetime achievement awards will be given out; Lincoln Center artistic director André Bishop, lighting designer Jules Fisher and director/writer/frequent Sondheim collaborator James Lapine will be honored.
2026 tony awards: what to know
- When: June 7, 8 p.m. ET
- Where: Radio City Music Hall (New York, New York)
- Channel: CBS
- Streaming: DIRECTV (try it free)
Grammy winning pop star P!NK, whose ties to the Broadway community include music in “& Juliet,” will host the Tonys this year. Ahead of the ceremony, she teased a “full-blown, ridiculous celebration” opening number with over 170 people on stage.
Keep reading for your Tony Awards cheat sheet, including free streaming info and more on nominees, performers, and presenters.
2026 Tony Awards time
The 2025 Tony Awards begin at 8 p.m. ET tonight, June 7.
An 85-minute pre-show, “The Tony Awards: Act One” will air first, beginning at 6:35 p.m. ET exclusively on free streamer Pluto TV. You can find it on Pluto by clicking on the “Live Music” channel found within the streamer’s Entertainment category.
How to watch the 2026 Tony Awards for free:
If you have traditional cable, the 2026 Tonys will air on CBS, as they do every year. All you’ll have to do at 8 p.m. tonight is flip the TV over to CBS. If you don’t have cable, a live TV streaming service will be your best bet.
DIRECTV is our top pick for watching TV live for free — the five-day free trial of its MyNews genre pack includes CBS. When the trial is over, you’ll pay as low as $34.99/month for your first two months and gain access to 20+ live news channels, depending on the pack you choose.
You can also stream the Tony Awards on Paramount+ via Prime Video, which costs $13.99/month after a seven-day free trial.
As noted above, only the pre-show is airing on Pluto TV, a free streaming service that anyone can access without a subscription or account.
Who is hosting the 2026 Tony Awards?
Grammy award winning singer P!NK will host the 2026 Tonys. While P!NK has not appeared on Broadway, her music can currently be heard in both “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” and “& Juliet.”
“The Tony Awards: Act One” will be hosted by Tony winner Laura Benanti and Emmy-nominated actor Tituss Burgess.
2026 Tony nominees
Below, find the nominees for the evening’s top four prizes, along with The Post’s review of the productions, the original or revival Broadway cast recordings where applicable, and quick and easy links to get yourself tickets to all of the shows currently running.
Best Musical:
Best Play:
Best Revival of a Musical:
Best Revival of a Play:
2026 Tony Awards performers
The casts of the following nominated musicals are expected to perform at this year’s Tony Awards:
- “The Lost Boys”
- “Schmigadoon!”
- “Titanique”
- “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”
- “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
- “Ragtime”
- “Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show”
Addititonally, the following performances will pay tribute to musicals that hit major milestones this season:
- Queen Latifah, P!nk, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Alex Newell, Adrienne Warren, Cedric the Entertainer, Julianne Hough, Whitney Leavitt, Dylan Mulvaney – 30th anniversary of the “Chicago” revival
- The original Broadway cast of “The Book of Mormon” celebrate the show’s 15th anniversary
- Rachel Zegler – 50th anniversary of “A Chorus Line”
- Leslie Odom Jr. – 30th anniversary of “Rent”
Who is presenting at the 2025 Tony Awards?
There are a handful of Tony Award nominees and winners among this year’s crop of presenters, including Kelli O’Hara, who is nominated tonight for her performance in “Fallen Angels.”
- Annette Bening
- Adrien Brody
- Kristin Chenoweth
- Carrie Coon
- Darren Criss
- Billy Crystal
- Ariana DeBose
- Cole Escola
- Neil Patrick Harris
- John Leguizamo
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Brian Stokes Mitchell
- Jack O’Brien
- Kelli O’Hara
- Bernadette Peters
- Jeremy Pope
- Sarah Paulson
- Ben Platt
- Lily Rabe
- Law Roach
- Paul Rudd
- Maya Rudolph
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson
- Nicole Scherzinger
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Sting
- Lena Waithe
- Patrick Wilson
- Bowen Yang
- Kara Young
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