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The Tony Awards will salary tribute to nan 30th day of Broadway‘s Chicago pinch typical performances by stars associated pinch nan philharmonic including Queen Latifah, Julianne Hough, Whitney Leavitt, Alex Newell and Dylan Mulvaney.
They’ll subordinate Tony big Pink for nan tribute, on pinch different performers including Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Adrienne Warren.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards airs connected CBS this Sunday, June 7, unrecorded from Radio City Music Hall.
Queen Latifah played Matron “Mama” Morton successful nan Oscar-winning 2002 Chicago film adaptation, while Hough danced nan “Hot Honey Rag” pinch 2023 Tonys big Ariana DeBose. Leavitt, prima of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and Mulvaney precocious completed stints successful nan Broadway revival, and Newell has played “Mama” Morton successful nan show.
With a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, euphony by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, Chicago is now nan longest-running American philharmonic successful Broadway history. Produced by Barry and Fran Weissler, directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Ann Reinking, this accumulation was nan victor of six 1997 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival. The philharmonic is group successful nan 1920s and tells nan communicative of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side person aft he threatens to locomotion retired connected her. Desperate to debar conviction, she dupes nan public, nan media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to toggle shape her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines.
The Tony Awards precocious announced different typical tribute capacity scheduled for Sunday to characteristic nan full original formed of The Book of Mormon, including Josh Gad, Andrew Rannells, Rory O’Malley and Nikki M. James. The capacity will beryllium introduced by nan musical’s creators Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez.
In summation to nan day celebrations, nan awards ceremonial will characteristic performances from each nominated musicals. Additional performances will beryllium announced this week.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards will broadcast unrecorded to some coasts connected CBS and streaming connected Paramount+ (8–11 p.m. ET/5-8 p.m. PT). Prior to nan broadcast, Laura Benanti and Tituss Burgess will big The Tony Awards: Act One unrecorded pre-show connected Pluto TV opening astatine 6:35 p.m. ET/3:35 p.m. PT.
