On Sunday, June 12 from 8:00-11:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. PT, CBS will broadcast “The 75th Annual Tony Awards,” live coast-to-coast with Academy Award winner and Tony nominee Ariana DeBose hosting. The show will also be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Immediately preceding the network broadcast, Emmy Award winners Darren Criss and Julianne Hough will host “The Tony Awards: Act One,” an hour of live exclusive content available on Paramount+ from 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. PT. This morning, an all-star lineup was announced to help commemorate Tony Awards history and celebrate 75 years of Broadway excellence.
The lineup is as follows: Utkarsh Ambudkar, Skylar Astin, Zach Braff, Danielle Brooks, Danny Burstein, Len Cariou, RuPaul Charles, Jessica Chastain, Lilli Cooper, Bryan Cranston, Wilson Cruz, Colman Domingo, Anthony Edwards, Cynthia Erivo, Raúl Esparza, Laurence Fishburne, Andrew Garfield, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Tony Goldwyn, David Alan Grier, Vanessa Hudgens, Jennifer Hudson, Paris Jackson, Prince Jackson, Samuel L Jackson, Nathan Lane, Telly Leung, Judith Light, Josh Lucas, Gaten Matarazzo, Ruthie Ann Miles, Patina Miller, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelli O’Hara, Sarah Paulson, Bernadette Peters, Jeremy Pope, Billy Porter, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Chita Rivera, Tony Shalhoub, Phillipa Soo, Sarah Silverman, George Takei, Aaron Tveit, Adrienne Warren, Patrick Wilson and Bowen Yang.
The Criss and Hough hour will kick off the evening by celebrating the 2022 Tony Awards with exciting performances and bestowing multiple honors.
Since 1978, CBS has been broadcasting The Tony Awards, which honor theater professionals for distinguished achievements on Broadway. The event is presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.