Rachel Zegler (Picture: Sarah Krick) and Leslie Odom Jr will perform at the 79th Tony Awards
The 79th Tony Awards at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City on 7 June 2026 will feature special performances from Rachel Zegler and Leslie Odom Jr.
Due to return to Broadway in Evita in 2027, Zegler will perform an A Chorus Line anniversary tribute while Tony Award winner Odom Jr will deliver the In Memoriam tribute with a song from Rent marking the show’s 30th anniversary.
Hosted by P!NK, the event will also include will also feature performances from The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon!, Titaníque, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), CATS: The Jellicle Ball, Ragtime and Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show.
The original cast of The Book of Mormon, including Tony Award nominees Josh Gad, Andrew Rannells and Rory O’Malley and Tony Award winner Nikki M James, will reunite 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.
Broadway’s record-breaking hit musical Chicago will celebrate 30 years on Broadway with a very special performance. Queen Latifah, who earned an Academy Award nomination for her role as Matron Mama Morton in the film adaptation will join Tony Awards host P!NK and a host of guest stars to celebrate the production which has been a Broadway mainstay since 1996.
The traditionally spectacular opening number, featuring over 170 Broadway performers, is choreographed by Sarah O’Gleby and written by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Mark Sonnenblick. Tim Murray and Isaac Josephthal serve as creative consultants.
The star studded line-up of presenters includes Adrien Brody, Annette Bening, Ariana DeBose, Ben Platt, Bernadette Peters, Billy Crystal, Bowen Yang, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Carrie Coon, Cole Escola, Darren Criss, Jack O’Brien, Jeremy Pope, John Leguizamo, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kara Young, Kelli O’Hara, Kristin Chenoweth, Law Roach, Lena Waithe, Lily Rabe, Maya Rudolph, Megan Thee Stallion, Neil Patrick Harris, Nicole Scherzinger, Patrick Wilson, Paul Rudd, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Sarah Paulson and Sting.
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