The 78th Annual Tony Awards, honoring the best in plays and musicals on Broadway, is taking place on Sunday.And the 2025 awards ceremony comes after a record-breaking season. Broadway's biggest night is capping the highest-grossing Broadway season in recorded history, the Broadway League said, with high ticket prices for plays including Denzel Washington's "Othello" and George Clooney's "Good Night, and Good Luck" helping drive nearly $2 billion in gross ticket sales. The 2024-25 season was also the second best attended season in recorded history.
Overall, about 14.7 million audience members bought tickets, the agency said.Forty-three productions, including 21 musicals, 21 plays and one special engagement, raised their curtains, according to the Broadway League.When are the 2025 Tony Awards?The Tony Awards, at New York City's Radio City Music Hall, begin on Sunday, June 8, at 8 p.m.
ET. Where to watch the 2025 Tony Awards with cable The Tony Awards ceremony airs on CBS television stations beginning at 8 p.m.ET. How to stream the Tony Awards live The Tony Awards are streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.
The ceremony is available live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers on Monday, June 9, the day after the special airs.Before the main show, Darren Criss and Renée Elise Goldsberry are hosting "The Tony Awards: Act One." The live pre-show is featuring exclusive content and will be available to viewers for free on the free streaming television service Pluto TV.The pre-show begins at 6:40 p.m.
ET and runs until the start of the Tonys. Who is nominated at the 2025 Tony Awards? Fifteen musicals and 14 plays are nominated across 26 competitive categories at the Tony Awards. Several nominees are making history."Yellow Face" star Daniel Dae Kim is the first Asian actor to be nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play.
Kara Young, a Tony nominee this year for "Purpos...