How to watch the 2026 Tony Awards and everything else you need to know
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- Broadway’s biggest night returns to Radio City Music Hall as the 79th Tony Awards air live Sunday at 5 p.m. on CBS and Paramount+.
- First-time host Pink will lead a star-packed telecast featuring a 170-performer opening number, performances from nominated musicals and tributes honoring “A Chorus Line,” “Rent,” “Chicago” and “The Book of Mormon.”
- “Schmigadoon!” and “The Lost Boys” top nominations with 12 each.
It’s Broadway’s time to shine Sunday when the 79th Tony Awards take New York City.
Broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall, the night promises plenty of onstage drama and hopefully some real-life intrigue. The number of new Broadway productions this year — 30 — shrunk from last year’s 42, but there are still some standout shows and performances to watch out for, from flashy revivals like “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” to Laurie Metcalf’s stunning turns in both “Death of a Salesman” and “Little Bear Ridge Road.”
Grammy Award winner Pink is hosting for the first time, and though the pop star lacks direct Broadway roots, her songs have been featured in the jukebox musicals “Moulin Rouge!” and “& Juliet.”
Here’s everything else you should know about this year’s ceremony, including how to tune in.
‘The Lost Boys’ and ‘Schmigadoon!’ led the 2026 Tony Awards nominations with 12 each, followed by ‘Ragtime,’ which earned 11 nods.
How can I watch?
The three-hour awards ceremony will air live on CBS on Sunday at 5 p.m. Paramount+ premium-level subscribers can also stream it on the app, while those with other membership tiers can watch the show on-demand after it airs.
The annual pre-show, “The Tony Awards: Act One,” will stream live on free service Pluto TV at 3:35 p.m. that same day. It is hosted by Tony Award nominee Laura Benanti and actor Tituss Burgess and includes the first round of Tony Award presentations.
Who is performing?
This year’s opening number, a show-stopping Tonys tradition, will feature more than 170 Broadway performers. It’s choreographed by Sarah O’Gleby and written by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Mark Sonnenblick.
As always, casts from the productions nominated for best musical — “The Lost Boys,” “Schmigadoon!,” “Titaníque” and “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)” — and for best revival of a musical — “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” “Ragtime” and Richard O’Brien’s “The Rocky Horror Show” — will perform during the ceremony.
Rachel Zegler will pay tribute to “A Chorus Line” and Tony Award winner Leslie Odom Jr. will perform “Without You” from “Rent” to honor the show’s 30th anniversary as well as those in the theater community who have died this year.
The “Chicago” revival will also celebrate its 30th anniversary on Broadway with a performance from stars including Pink and Queen Latifah, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of Matron Mama Morton in the show’s 2002 film adaptation. The entire original cast of “The Book of Mormon,” including Tony Award nominees Josh Gad, Andrew Rannells and Rory O’Malley and winner Nikki M. James, will also perform in celebration of the show’s 15th anniversary on Broadway.
Moments that stand out from the 2025-2026 Broadway season include performances by Laurie Metcalf, a radical reframing of ‘Cats’ and John Lithgow’s towering performance in ‘Giant,’ all of which received Tony nominations
Who is presenting?
Notable stars of stage, screen and music presenting awards include Grammy Award winner Megan Thee Stallion, who made her Broadway debut this year in “Moulin Rouge!”; Nicole Scherzinger, who won a Tony last year for her performance in the revival of “Sunset Boulevard”; and Oscar winner Adrien Brody.
You can find the star-studded presenter lineup here.
What is nominated?
“Schmigadoon!” and “The Lost Boys,” both nominated for best musical, lead the pack with 12 nominations each going into Sunday’s awards ceremony. The “Ragtime” revival trails with 11 nominations, and lauded revivals “Death of a Salesman,” “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” and “The Rocky Horror Show” are each nominated for nine awards.
Find a full list of nominees here.
