79th Tony Awards
| 79th Tony Awards | |
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| Date | June 7, 2026 |
| Venue | Radio City Music Hall |
| Hosted by | Pink |
| Most wins | Death of a Salesman (6) |
| Most nominations | The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! (12) |
| Website | tonyawards |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBS Paramount+ |
| Produced by | Raj Kapoor Sarah Levine Hall Jack Sussman |
| Directed by | Liz Clare |
The 79th Tony Awards were held on June 7, 2026, to recognize excellence in Broadway productions during the 2025–26 season. The ceremony took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and was broadcast on CBS and streamed on Paramount+.[1]
Ceremony information
[edit]Pluto TV streamed the pre-ceremony broadcast The Tony Awards: Act One, hosted by Laura Benanti and Tituss Burgess.[2]
Raj Kapoor, Sarah Levine Hall, and Jack Sussman produced the ceremony, replacing Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss at White Cherry Entertainment who produced from 2004 to 2025.[3] Pop singer Pink, whose Broadway-adjacent credits include having her songs featured in & Juliet and Moulin Rouge!, served as host.[4]
The musical adaptation of the television series Schmigadoon! won Best Musical and three others including two for the show's co-creator Cinco Paul, while the play Liberation won its sole Tony for Best Play.
The revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman won the most awards at the ceremony with six in total.
Eligibility
[edit]The Tony Awards eligibility dates for the 2025–2026 Broadway season were April 28, 2025, through April 26, 2026. Productions were also required to meet all other eligibility criteria as previously set forth by the American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League. There are 41 legitimate Broadway-eligible theaters in which a production must be performed to attain eligibility for award consideration. Nominations for the 2026 Tony Awards were announced on May 5, 2026.[5][6][7][8]
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Winners and nominees
[edit]Competitive awards
[edit]Non-competitive awards
[edit]| Accolade | Awardee(s) |
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| Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre | André Bishop |
| Jules Fisher | |
| James Lapine | |
| Isabelle Stevenson Award | Mary-Mitchell Campbell |
| Special Tony Award | League of Resident Theatres |
| Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre | 1/52 Project |
| Jake Bell | |
| Kenn Lubin | |
| Loren Plotkin | |
| Regional Theatre Tony Award | American Players Theatre |
| Excellence in Theatre Education Award | Freddie Hendricks from Utopian Academy for the Arts |
Multiple nominations and awards
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Productions with multiple nominations and awards[edit]
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Individuals with multiple nominations and awards[edit]
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Presenters and performers
[edit]Presenters
Performances
| Names | Song(s) |
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| Pink, Neil Patrick Harris, Shoshana Bean, Marla Mindelle, Ann Harada, Christiani Pitts, Lea Michele, June Squibb, Megan Thee Stallion, and Broadway Inspirational Voices | "Leading Lady Marmalade" |
| The ensemble of Schmigadoon! | "Schmigadoon!" |
| The ensemble of Ragtime | Prologue: "Ragtime" |
| The ensemble of Titanique | "Taking Chances" / "My Heart Will Go On" |
| The ensemble of Cats: The Jellicle Ball | "Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats" / "The Jellicle Ball" |
| Christiani Pitts and Sam Tutty from Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) | "New York" / "American Express" |
| Queen Latifah, Pink, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Alex Newell, Adrienne Warren, Cedric the Entertainer Julianne Hough, Whitney Leavitt, Dylan Mulvaney and the ensemble of Chicago in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Broadway revival |
"When You're Good to Mama" / "Cell Block Tango" / "All That Jazz" |
| Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show | "Sweet Transvestite" / "The Time Warp" |
| Leslie Odom Jr. in memoriam | "Without You" from Rent in honor of the show's 30th anniversary |
| The ensemble of The Lost Boys | "No More Monsters" / "Have to Have You" |
| The original ensemble of The Book of Mormon in honor of the show's 15th anniversary | "Man Up" |
| Rachel Zegler in honor of the 50th anniversary of A Chorus Line | "What I Did for Love" |
In Memoriam
[edit]Leslie Odom Jr. performed "Without You" from Rent during the tribute.
- Paul Libin
- Frank Dunlop
- Harriet Slaughter
- Mark Brokaw
- David Gersten
- John Conklin
- David Hays
- Richard Greenberg
- Woodie King Jr.
- Donald L. Coburn
- Roger Allers
- John Cunningham
- Elizabeth Franz
- Robert Duvall
- Robert Fox
- Arthur Whitelaw
- Sondra Lee
- Philip Langner
- Robert Wilson
- Mary Beth Hurt
- Eric Overmyer
- Ronald Ribman
- Jeffrey Lane
- Alex Bartlett
- Patricia Routledge
- Harris Yulin
- Cleo Laine
- Terence Stamp
- Carmen de Lavallade
- Diane Keaton
- Robert Redford
- Tom Stoppard
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Greg (September 23, 2024). "Tony Awards Sets Date & Return To Radio City Music Hall For 2026 Ceremony". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 28, 2026.
- ↑ "LAURA BENANTI AND TITUSS BURGESS TO HOST "THE TONY AWARDS: ACT ONE"". Tony Awards. Retrieved June 7, 2026.
- ↑ Evans, Greg (February 11, 2026). "Tony Awards Sets Raj Kapoor, Sarah Levine Hall & Jack Sussman As Producers". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 24, 2026. Retrieved February 13, 2026.
- ↑ Culwell-Block, Logan (April 9, 2026). "Grammy Winner Pink Will Host the 2026 Tony Awards". Playbill. Retrieved April 9, 2026.
- ↑ "TONY AWARDS ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MEETS FOR FIRST TIME TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE 2025-2026 SEASON". tonyawards.com. Retrieved January 28, 2026.
- ↑ "TONY AWARDS ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MEETS FOR SECOND TIME TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE 2025-2026 SEASON". tonyawards.com. February 19, 2026. Retrieved April 12, 2026.
- ↑ "TONY AWARDS ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MEETS FOR THIRD TIME TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE 2025-2026 SEASON". Tony Awards. April 9, 2026. Archived from the original on April 25, 2026. Retrieved April 12, 2026.
- ↑ "TONY AWARDS ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MEETS FOR FOURTH AND FINAL TIME TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE 2025-2026 SEASON". Tony Awards. April 29, 2026. Retrieved May 4, 2026.