How to Watch the 2025 Tony Awards: Nominees and Performances

Updated June 7, 2025

Broadway’s biggest night, the 2025 Tony Awards, is set ⁢for Sunday, June 8, at Radio City Music Hall. Cynthia Erivo will host the ceremony, which celebrates the best of Broadway. The awards show will air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+ with Showtime.

Coverage begins well before the main event. Playbill will stream red carpet arrivals live on its YouTube channel starting ⁣at 4 p.m. ET. The official preshow, “The Tony Awards: Act one,” hosted by ⁣Darren Criss and Renée Elise Goldsberry, will‍ stream on Pluto TV at 6:40 p.m. ET. The main Tony awards ceremony starts at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+ for Showtime subscribers.

Three musicals—Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes⁤ Her, and Maybe Happy Ending—top the⁢ list of⁣ Tony Awards nominations with 10 each. They are competing⁤ for Best Musical alongside Dead Outlaw and Operation Mincemeat. Other notable nominees include Dead Outlaw, John Proctor is the Villain, and‍ Sunset⁣ Blvd.

Several Hollywood stars received nominations for their work in Broadway plays and musicals during the 2024-2025 season, including George Clooney, Sarah Snook, and Daniel Dae Kim.

The 2025 Tony Awards will ⁣feature performances from the casts‍ of several nominated shows, including Buena ⁢Vista Social Club, ⁤ Dead Outlaw, and⁣ Sunset Blvd. ‍A special highlight of the evening will⁢ be a reunion performance by the original Broadway cast ‍of‍ Hamilton.

Presenters include a star-studded lineup of actors and performers, such ⁣as aaron Tveit, ⁢Adam Lambert, and Oprah Winfrey.

What’s next

The Tony Awards will continue to recognize excellence in theater, with future ceremonies planned⁣ to celebrate the ongoing contributions ⁢of actors, writers, and ⁤production teams to the Broadway stage.