Tony Awards 2025 live updates: Red carpet looks, winners, performances and more
"Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo, a Grammy, Emmy and Tony award-winning actress and singer, is slated to host the 78th annual Tony Awards, which this year return to New York City's Radio City Music Hall. The show kicks off at 8 p.m. ET and will be broadcast live on CBS and Paramount+.
There are 29 shows on Broadway that received nominations this season, with tight competition in many categories. The musicals 'Buena Vista Social Club,' 'Death Becomes Her' and 'Maybe Happy Ending' each earned 10 nominations, making them the most nominated shows.
The acting categories are stacked with a slew of Hollywood stars, including George Clooney (nominated for "Good Night, and Good Luck") and Sarah Snook (nominated for "The Picture of Dorian Gray").
The original cast of the beloved musical "Hamilton," one of Broadway's top-grossing shows, is set to reunite for a highly anticipated nostalgic performance.
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Daily Mail
18 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Secret meaning behind Cynthia Erivo's Tony Awards dress leaves viewers emotional... did YOU catch it?
Cynthia Erivo opened the 2025 Tony Awards with a dazzling performance... but it was her choice of ensemble that has truly caught everyone's attention. The actress and singer, 38, displayed her amazing vocals as she kicked off the show by singing an original song called Sometimes All You Need Is a Son. It contained clever tributes to many of the nominated Broadway shows sprinkled throughout the lyrics and a slew of backup singers who added a gospel touch. Cynthia - who is hosting the star-studded event - opted for a sparkly, floor-length red dress for the performance, which contained a white belt and collar. Fans were quick to notice a small detail about the stunning gown that left them emotional. Many theorized the ensemble had a hidden meaning behind it and that gave a nod to an iconic Broadway show. Viewers rushed to X, formerly Twitter, to point out that the dress looked just like the red gown that the titular character wears in the beloved musical Annie. 'Cynthia Erivo looking like Annie I think I am gonna like it here,' one user wrote. Viewers rushed to X, formerly Twitter, to point out that the dress Cynthia wore looked just like the red gown that the titular character wears in the beloved musical Annie 'Cynthia in this little orphan Annie fit,' added another. 'Anyone else see it?' asked someone else alongside a side-by-side of Cynthia on stage and Annie in the 1982 film. 'Thought she was dressed kind of like Santa for a hot minute before I realized it is more likely a nod to Annie,' read a fourth tweet. A different person joked that the dress was 'giving sexy orphan Annie.' Cynthia drew a mixed reaction from the performance, with some fans calling it electrifying and others branding it cringeworthy. Others slammed Oprah Winfrey for 'crashing' Cynthia's moment. The 38-year-old had just begun her walk from backstage to center stage when Oprah suddenly appeared onscreen to offer her support. The iconic TV host even referenced Cynthia's now-viral finger-holding moment with Ariana Grande during last year's Wicked promo tour. But viewers slammed her involvement as 'unnecessary' and distracting. 'Oprah had to ruin the moment. Of course she had to put herself in the beginning #TonyAwards,' one frustrated fan posted. Another chimed in, 'Oprah was unnecessary #TonyAwards.' And a third wrote bluntly, 'Why does Oprah have to be in everything?' The Tony Awards kicked off at 8pm and is honoring the biggest stars and shows on Broadway. It will feature a slew of dazzling performances from some of the hottest shows of the year - as well as an emotional reunion from the original Hamilton cast in honor of the 10th anniversary. While some stars wowed in glamorous dresses and stunning looks on the red carpet before hand, others completely missed the mark with their ensembles.
Daily Mail
25 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Mia Farrow supported by 'very proud' son Ronan as she lands first Tony Awards nod at 80
First-time nominee Mia Farrow brought along her lucky charm - son Ronan Farrow - to the 78th Annual Tony Awards, which were held at Radio City Music Hall in Midtown Manhattan on Sunday. The 80-year-old actress beamed while glammed up in a cream-colored, three-piece white pantsuit with matching platform boots and a golden clutch purse. The 37-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner contrasted his famous mother by donning an all-black silk suit with buckled dress shoes. Mia (born Maria) welcomed Ronan (born Satchel) during her 11-year relationship with estranged ex-partner Woody Allen, but he's long been rumored to be the biological son of Frank Sinatra. Joining the Farrow mother-son duo was his partner Hamer Morgenstern dressed in a classic tuxedo. 'Hey, I'm here at the Tony Awards with my mom, Mia Farrow, who is nominated. Very proud of her!' The New Yorker investigative journalist gushed via Instagram while crossing his fingers. Indeed, the Beverly Hills-born nepo baby scored her first-ever Tony nomination for best performance by a leading actress in a play for her role as Iowa homeowner Sharon in The Roommate, which marked her fourth Broadway play. Ironically, Mia's Roommate castmate Patti LuPone from Jen Silverman's two-person play was snubbed for a nomination following the scandal over her saying Broadway rival Audra McDonald was 'not a friend.' But Farrow did reveal in Interview last week that her character does most of the heavy lifting: 'Mostly it was me, because if you read the script, I initiate just about every conversation.' In the end, the Rosemary's Baby alum lost the Tony Award to Succession alum Sarah Snook, who made her Broadway debut as the titular role in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Ronan helped fuel the #MeToo movement by creating Catch and Kill (book, podcast, and HBO series) on disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Farrow published similar sexual harassment/assault take-downs on Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Supreme Court associate justice Brett Kavanaugh, Matt Lauer, Les Moonves, and more. It all likely stemmed from the Surveilled star's real-life estrangement from his 89-year-old famous father after Mia accused the disgraced filmmaker of molesting their adopted daughter Dylan at age seven in 1992. But Farrow did reveal in Interview last week that her character does most of the heavy lifting: 'Mostly it was me, because if you read the script, I initiate just about every conversation' In the end, the Rosemary's Baby alum lost the Tony Award to Succession alum Sarah Snook, who made her Broadway debut as the titular role in The Picture of Dorian Gray One week later, Allen - who was never charged or prosecuted - sued Mia for full custody of Ronan and her adopted children Dylan and Moses. In his 33-page decision in 1993, Justice Elliott Wilk rejected Woody's (born Allan Konigsberg) bid for custody of all three children and called his behavior toward Dylan 'grossly inappropriate' while also rejecting the sexual abuse allegations. And while 39-year-old Dylan still stands by the allegations, her 47-year-old brother Moses publicly denied she was ever abused and alleged Farrow had abused him in a 2018 WordPress post. In 1997, the four-time Oscar winner married the Golden Globe winner's adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn - with whom he had a secret affair in 1992 - and they later adopted 25-year-old daughter Bechet Allen and 24-year-old daughter Manzie Tio Allen. Tony Awards 2025 nominees Best Musical Buena Vista Social Club Dead Outlaw Death Becomes Her Maybe Happy Ending Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Best Revival of a Play Eureka Day — Author: Jonathan Spector Romeo + Juliet Thornton Wilder's Our Town Yellow Face — Author: David Henry Hwang Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play George Clooney — Good Night, And Good Luck Cole Escola — Oh, Mary! Jon Michael Hill — Purpose Daniel Dae Kim — Yellow Face Harry Lennix — Purpose Louis McCartney — Stranger Things: The First Shadow Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Darren Criss — Maybe Happy Ending Andrew Durand — Dead Outlaw Tom Francis — Sunset Blvd. Jonathan Groff — Just In Time James Monroe Iglehart — A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical Jeremy Jordan — Floyd Collins Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play Glenn Davis — Purpose Gabriel Ebert — John Proctor Is The Villain Francis Jue — Yellow Face - WINNER Bob Odenkirk — Glengarry Glen Ross Conrad Ricamora — Oh, Mary! Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical Brooks Ashmanskas —SMASH Jeb Brown — Dead Outlaw Danny Burstein — Gypsy Jak Malone — Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical - WINNER Taylor Trensch — Floyd Collins Best Direction of a Play Knud Adams — English Sam Mendes — The Hills Of California Sam Pinkleton — Oh, Mary! Danya Taymor — John Proctor Is The Villain Kip Williams — The Picture Of Dorian Gray Best Book of a Musical Buena Vista Social Club — Marco Ramirez Dead Outlaw — Itamar Moses Death Becomes Her — Marco Pennette Maybe Happy Ending — Will Aronson and Hue Park Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical — David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts Best Scenic Design of a Play Marsha Ginsberg — English Rob Howell — The Hills of California Marg Horwell and David Bergman — The Picture of Dorian Gray Miriam Buether and 59 — Stranger Things: The First Shadow Scott Pask — Good Night, and Good Luck Best Costume Design of a Play Brenda Abbandandolo — Good Night, And Good Luck Marg Horwell — The Picture of Dorian Gray Rob Howell — The Hills Of California Holly Pierson — Oh, Mary! Brigitte Reiffenstuel — Stranger Things: The First Shadow Best Lighting Design of a Play Natasha Chivers — The Hills Of California Jon Clark — Stranger Things: The First Shadow Heather Gilbert and David Bengali — Good Night, And Good Luck Natasha Katz and Hannah Wasileski — John Proctor Is The Villain Nick Schlieper — The Picture Of Dorian Gray Best Sound Design of a Play Paul Arditti — Stranger Things: The First Shadow Palmer Hefferan — John Proctor Is The Villain Daniel Kluger — Good Night, And Good Luck Nick Powell — The Hills Of California Clemence Williams — The Picture of Dorian Gray Best Choreography Joshua Bergasse — SMASH Camille A. Brown — Gypsy Christopher Gattelli — Death Becomes Her Jerry Mitchell — BOOP! The Musical Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck — Buena Vista Social Club Best Play English — Author: Sanaz Toossi The Hills of California — Author: Jez Butterworth John Proctor Is The Villain — Author: Kimberly Belflower Oh, Mary! — Author: Cole Escola Purpose — Author: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Best Revival of a Musical Floyd Collins — Book/Additional Lyrics: Tina Landau; Music & Lyrics: Adam Guettel Gypsy Pirates! The Penzance Musical Sunset Blvd. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Laura Donnelly — The Hills Of California Mia Farrow — The Roommate LaTanya Richardson Jackson — Purpose Sadie Sink — John Proctor Is The Villain Sarah Snook — The Picture Of Dorian Gray - WINNER Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Megan Hilty — Death Becomes Her Audra McDonald — Gypsy Jasmine Amy Rogers — BOOP! The Musical Nicole Scherzinger — Sunset Blvd. Jennifer Simard — Death Becomes Her Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Tala Ashe — English Jessica Hecht — Eureka Day Marjan Neshat — English Fina Strazza — John Proctor Is The Villain Kara Young — Purpose Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical Natalie Venetia Belcon — Buena Vista Social Club Julia Knitel — Dead Outlaw Gracie Lawrence — Just In Time Justina Machado — Real Women Have Curves: The Musical Joy Woods — Gypsy Best Direction of a Musical Saheem Ali — Buena Vista Social Club Michael Arden — Maybe Happy Ending David Cromer — Dead Outlaw Christopher Gattelli — Death Becomes Her Jamie Lloyd — Sunset Blvd. Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Dead Outlaw — Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna Death Becomes Her — Music & Lyrics: Julia Mattison and Noel Carey Maybe Happy Ending —Music: Will Aronson; Lyrics: Will Aronson and Hue Park Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical — Music & Lyrics: David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts Real Women Have Curves: The Musical — Music & Lyrics: Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez Best Orchestrations Andrew Resnick and Michael Thurber — Just in Time Will Aronson — Maybe Happy Ending Bruce Coughlin — Floyd Collins Marco Paguia — Buena Vista Social Club David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber — Sunset Blvd. Best Scenic Design of a Musical Rachel Hauck — Swept Away Dane Laffrey and George Reeve — Maybe Happy Ending Arnulfo Maldonado — Buena Vista Social Club Derek McLane — Death Becomes Her Derek McLane — Just In Time Best Costume Design of a Musical Dede Ayite — Buena Vista Social Club Gregg Barnes — BOOP! The Musical Clint Ramos — Maybe Happy Ending Paul Tazewell — Death Becomes Her Catherine Zuber — Just In Time Best Lighting Design of a Musical Jack Knowles — Sunset Blvd. Tyler Micoleau — Buena Vista Social Club Scott Zielinski and Ruey Horng Sun — Floyd Collins Ben Stanton — Maybe Happy Ending Justin Townsend — Death Becomes Her Best Sound Design of a Musical Jonathan Deans — Buena Vista Social Club Adam Fisher — Sunset Blvd. Peter Hylenski — Just In Time Peter Hylenski — Maybe Happy Ending Dan Moses Schreier — Floyd Collins
Daily Mail
41 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Oprah accused of RUINING Cynthia Erivo's Tony Awards 2025 hosting debut with 'unnecessary' Wicked skit
Cynthia Erivo drew a mixed reaction as she hosted the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday —delivering a performance that fans called both electrifying and cringeworthy. But according to many viewers, the cringe wasn't Cynthia's fault—it was thanks to an unexpected cameo from Oprah Winfrey. The 38-year-old British actress and singer was making her debut as emcee of the prestigious event and had just begun her walk from backstage to center stage when Oprah suddenly appeared onscreen to offer her support. The iconic TV host even referenced Cynthia's now-viral finger-holding moment with Ariana Grande during last year's Wicked promo tour. While Cynthia's bold red dress with a white collar drew comparisons to Little Orphan Annie, it was Oprah's surprise appearance that truly set social media ablaze, with fans calling her involvement 'unnecessary' and distracting. The iconic TV host even referenced Cynthia's now-viral finger-holding moment with Ariana Grande during last year's Wicked promo tour 'Oprah had to ruin the moment. Of course she had to put herself in the beginning #TonyAwards,' one frustrated fan posted. Another chimed in, 'Oprah was unnecessary #TonyAwards.' And a third wrote bluntly, 'Why does Oprah have to be in everything?' Meanwhile, this year's Tony's features major star power in the lead actor and actress categories. George Clooney is competing for his massively successful play Good Night, And Good Luck — an adaptation of the film of the same name that he directed, co-wrote and costarred in. Darren Criss and Jonathan Groff are adding some star power to the lead actor in a musical category, while Megan Hilty, Nicole Scherzinger and Broadway legend Audra McDonald are some of the biggest names in the lead actress in a musical category. Presenters this year include Charli D'Amelio, Michelle Williams, Hacks' Jean Smart, LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Lea Salonga, all of whom are currently appearing on Broadway. The stage icon Kristin Chenoweth will also be presenting, while Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter will have a Bill and Ted reunion on stage ahead of their upcoming production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot. Glee star Lea Michele will also be joined on stage by Aaron Tveit. While Cynthia's bold red dress with a white collar drew comparisons to Little Orphan Annie, it was Oprah's surprise appearance that truly set social media ablaze, with fans calling her involvement 'unnecessary' and distracting Several former Tony winners will be helping to announce awards, including Oprah Winfrey, Bryan Cranston, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sarah Paulson, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Kelli O'Hara and Rachel Bay Jones.
