The 2025 Tony Awards: How to watch, streaming details, nominees, performers, and presenters
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.
The 78th annual Tony Awards are held on June 8, beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
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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.
Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award winner Cynthia Erivo will host the 78th Tonys from Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
'I am so proud and excited to take on this glorious honor,' Erivo shared in a CBS press release. 'I am looking forward to ushering the theatre community at large through a night that celebrates the wonderful performances we have witnessed throughout the year. I hope I can rise to the occasion.' The three-time Oscar nominee and Wicked star won the Best Lead Actress in a Musical Tony in 2016 for The Color Purple.
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Yes. Prior to the main telecast, Tony Awards: Act One will stream on Pluto TV, hosted by Darren Criss and Renée Elise Goldsberry, at 6:40 p.m. ET/3:40 PT. Several of this year's Tony Awards will be presented throughout Act One ahead of the main ceremony.
As always, the Tony Awards will showcase performances from some of the most celebrated shows of the last Broadway season.
Buena Vista Social Club Dead Outlaw Death Becomes Her Floyd Collins Gypsy Maybe Happy Ending Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Pirates! The Penzance Musical Sunset Blvd. Just in Time Real Women Have Curves Hamilton reunion Broadway Inspirational Voices
See the full list of 2025 Tony Awards presenters below.
Sara Bareilles Danielle Brooks Kristin Chenoweth Bryan Cranston Auli'i Cravalho Charli D'Amelio Ariana DeBose Jesse Eisenberg Tom Felton Renée Elise Goldsberry Katie Holmes Julianne Hough LaTanya Richardson Jackson Samuel L. Jackson Allison Janney Rachel Bay Jones Adam Lambert Lea Michele Lin-Manuel Miranda Kelli O'Hara Sarah Paulson Carrie Preston Keanu Reeves Lea Salonga Jean Smart Ben Stiller Aaron Tveit Michelle Williams Oprah Winfrey Alex Winter
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Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, and Maybe Happy Ending topped this year's Tony Awards nominations with 10 bids each. Close behind with seven apiece are Dead Outlaw, John Proctor Is the Villain, Sunset Boulevard, and The Hills of California.
Buena Vista Social Club, Dead Outlaw, Death Becomes Her, Maybe Happy Ending, and Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical are up for Best Musical. English,The Hills of California, John Proctor Is the Villain, Oh, Mary!, and Purpose are the Best Play nominees.
See the full list of nominees below.
BEST MUSICAL Buena Vista Social Club Dead Outlaw Death Becomes Her Maybe Happy Ending Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL Floyd Collins Gypsy Pirates! The Penzance Musical Sunset Boulevard
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Megan Hilty, Death Becomes Her Audra McDonald, Gypsy Jasmine Amy Rogers, Boop! The Musical Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Boulevard Jennifer Simard, Death Becomes Her
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending Andrew Durand, Dead Outlaw Tom Francis, Sunset Boulevard Jonathan Groff, Just in Time James Monroe Iglehart, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical Jeremy Jordan, Floyd Collins BEST FEATURED ACTRESS 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 FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Brooks Ashmanskas, Smash Jeb Brown, Dead Outlaw Danny Burstein, Gypsy Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Taylor Trensch, Floyd Collins
BEST DIRECTOR 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 Boulevard
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE 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 BOOK OF A MUSICAL Marco Ramirez, Buena Vista Social Club Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw Marco Pennette, Death Becomes Her Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
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 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 Boulevard
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 Boulevard 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 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 SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL Jonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club Adam Fisher, Sunset Boulevard Peter Hylenski, Just in Time Peter Hylenski, Maybe Happy Ending Dan Moses Schreier, Floyd Collins
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BEST PLAY English The Hills of California John Proctor Is the Villain Oh, Mary! Purpose
BEST PLAY REVIVAL Eureka Day Romeo + Juliet Thornton Wilder's Our Town Yellow Face
BEST ACTRESS 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
BEST ACTOR 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 Louise McCartney, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY Tala Ashe, English Jessica Hecht, Eureka Day Marjan Neshat, English Fina Strazza, John Proctor Is the Villain Kara Young, Purpose
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY Glenn Davis, Purpose Gabriel Ebert, John Proctor Is the Villain Francis Jue, Yellow Face Bob Odenkirk, Glengarry Glen Ross Conrad Ricamora, Oh, Mary!
BEST DIRECTOR 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 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 Jack Knowles, Sunset Boulevard 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 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 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
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