Ariana DeBose to host Tony Awards for the third straight time
NEW YORK — It is a new location however the identical host for the Tony Awards:Ariana DeBose will make it three in a row as MC of theater’s most watched occasion, which this 12 months strikes uptown to Lincoln Middle.
The Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee, who hosted each the 2023 and 2022 ceremonies, will probably be again this 12 months for the present on June 16, and can produce and choreograph the opening quantity.
“I couldn’t go up the possibility to host the Tonys another time, at Lincoln Middle. I’m excited to collaborate with the group to create an unbelievable celebration of this season’s achievements on Broadway for our group and for everybody at house,” stated DeBose in a press release.
DeBose was extensively cheered for the way in which she hosted final 12 months amid the Hollywood writers’ strike, main a present that had no script and opening the telecast by dancing and leaping her manner via the foyer of the United Palace Theatre. She earned an Emmy nomination for her work.
DeBose is a theater veteran, with roles in “Summer time: The Donna Summer time Musical,” “Hamilton,” “A Bronx Story,” “Pippin,” “Motown the Musical,” “Carry It On: The Musical” and “Firm.” She received an Oscar for her function in Steven Spielberg’s remake of “West Facet Story” and was in “Schmigadoon!” on Apple TV+.
This 12 months’s location — the David H. Koch Theater — is the house of New York Metropolis Ballet and in the identical sprawling constructing complicated as Lincoln Sq. Theater, which homes the Broadway venue Beaumont Theater.
Like final 12 months, the three-hour primary telecast will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ from 8 p.m.-11 p.m. EDT/5 p.m.-8 p.m. PDT with a pre-show on Pluto TV, with some Tony Awards handed on the market.
The Tony eligibility closing date for the 2023-2024 season is April 25, and nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards will probably be introduced April 30. The awards are offered by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
Final 12 months, the intimate, funny-sad musical “Kimberly Akimbo” took the very best new musical crown, and Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt,” which explores Jewish id with an intergenerational story, received greatest play. Sean Hayes received lead actor in a play for “Good Night time, Oscar,” and Victoria Clark received for “Kimberly Akimbo.”
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