The 2026 Tony Awards on Sunday (June 7) will mark the anniversaries of four legendary musicals.

  • Rachel Zegler, who will return to Broadway next spring, will deliver a special tribute to A Chorus Line, which swept the Tony Awards 50 years ago.
  • Tony Award winner Leslie Odom, Jr. will honor those we’ve lost this year with a performance of “Without You” from Rent, in recognition of that show’s 30th anniversary.
  • As previously announced, the revival of Chicago will celebrate 30 years on Broadway with a special performance. Queen Latifah, who received an Academy Award nomination for her role as Matron Mama Morton in the 2002 film adaptation will join Tony Awards host P!NK, as well as Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Alex Newell, Adrienne Warren, Cedric The Entertainer, Julianne Hough, Whitney Leavitt, Dylan Mulvaney, and more for a tribute.
  • The Book of Mormon entire original cast, including Tony Award nominees Josh Gad, Andrew Rannells and Rory O’Malley and Tony Award winner Nikki M. James, will take the stage to celebrate the show’s 15th anniversary on Broadway. The performance will be introduced by Tony Award winners Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez.

This will mark the first time that songs from both A Chorus Line and Chicago will be performed on the Tonys since the April 18, 1976 telecast, when those two legendary shows went head-to-head.

This year’s opening number, featuring more than 170 Broadway performers, is written by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Mark Sonnenblick and choreographed by Sarah O’Gleby. Tim Murray and Isaac Josephthal serve as creative consultants.

The Tonys have a long history of highly successful special material songs. From 2012 to 2014, songs written for three consecutive Tony telecasts won the Primetime Emmy for outstanding music and lyrics. Adam Schlesinger and David Javerbaum won in 2012 for “It’s Not Just for Gays Anymore” and in 2013 for “If I Had Time.” Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda won in 2014 for “Bigger!”

Per tradition, this year’s show will include performances from all four nominees for best musical — The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon!, Titaníque and Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)) and all three nominees for best revival of a musical (CATS: The Jellicle Ball, Ragtime and Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show).

Presenters include three top music stars – Nicole Scherzinger, who won a Tony last year for her performance in the revival of Sunset Boulevard, Megan Thee Stallion and Sting.

The 79th Annual Tony Awards will return to Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, June 7. Hosted by P!NK, the show will broadcast live to both coasts, (8:00-11:00 p.m. ET/5:00-8:00 p.m. PT), on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

Prior to the broadcast, Laura Benanti and Tituss Burgess will host The Tony Awards: Act One, a live preshow that is available to viewers for free on Pluto TV –– beginning Sunday, June 7 at 6:35-8:00 p.m., ET/3:35-5:00 p.m., PT.

The Tony Awards are produced in collaboration with Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League. Raj Kapoor, Sarah Levine Hall and Jack Sussman will produce this year’s show. Kapoor and Levine Hall will also serve as co-showrunners. Patrick Menton and Rob Paine will co-executive produce, with Menton also serving as head of talent.

Here’s a full list of presenters on the show and some of the more than 170 Broadway performers who are set for that opening number:



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