Tonight's 2025 Tony Awards Broadcast: Viewing Information and Key Details
Broadway's biggest night was back, as the 78th Tony Awards honored the crème de la crème of plays and musicals on the iconic New York stage. The 2025 awards ceremony, taking place at the Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 8, followed a record-breaking season - the highest-grossing Broadway season in history!
Boasting an exciting lineup of 43 productions, including 21 musicals, 21 plays, and one special engagement, the 2024-25 season saw a whopping 14.7 million audience members purchasing tickets, making it the second-best attended season in recorded history.
Broadway's record-breaking success was due in large part to popular productions like Denzel Washington's "Othello" and George Clooney's "Good Night, and Good Luck," which sold high-priced tickets, contributing to nearly $2 billion in gross ticket sales.
The Tony Awards ceremony aired on various television stations beginning at 8 p.m. ET. For those unable to catch the event live, it was available for streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S., with live and on-demand access for SHOWTIME subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the following day.
Before the main event, Darren Criss and Reneé Elise Goldsberry hosted "The Tony Awards: Act One," featuring exclusive content and streaming on Pluto TV.
In total, fifteen musicals and fourteen plays were nominated across 26 competitive categories at the Tony Awards. With a diverse pool of talent, several nominees were making history. For example, Daniel Dae Kim was the first Asian actor to be nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, and Kara Young, a four-time nominee and winner this year for "Purpose," became the first Black actor to be nominated four years in a row in any category.
"I love the fact that we are being recognized as Asian Americans on Broadway," Kim told our News New York, "and I think it's really important for where we are in our society, especially today." Broadway legend Audra McDonald, notably, received her 11th Tony Award nomination for her performance in "Gypsy," setting a new bar as the performer with the most Tony Award nominations.
Cole Escola made history as the first non-binary performer to win the Tony for Best Leading Actor in a Play, and Tala Ashe and Marjan Neshat became the first Middle Eastern actors to be nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
Wicked star Cynthia Erivo hosted this year's ceremony, delivering multiple costume changes throughout the night and describing the event as a "beautiful full circle moment" in her career. She won a Tony Award for her performance in The Color Purple in 2016, which led to additional opportunities, including her starring role in Wicked.
In addition to Erivo's opening number, performances by the five shows nominated for Best Musical and the four shows nominated for Best Revival of a Musical were presented. Members of the original cast of the smash hit Hamilton reunited to celebrate the musical's 10th anniversary on Broadway.
Big-name presenters at the Tony Awards included Adam Lambert, Charli D'Amelio, Oprah Winfrey, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson, Bryan Cranston, Jean Smart, Katie Holmes, and Keanu Reeves, all of whom have recently appeared or are set to appear on Broadway. Previous Tony hosts Sara Bareilles and Ariana DeBose also presented awards.
Breaking news: The Tony Awards, honoring the best in entertainment and law on Broadway, announced their winners for the 2025 season, breaking records with a combination of popular plays and musicals like Denzel Washington's "Othello" and George Clooney's "Good Night, and Good Luck." Following a historical season, the news adds another layer of entertainment to the industry's success story.
