The Tony Awards

Name: The Tony Awards
Genre: Arts, Events & Specials
Released: April 1, 1956
Rating: 58

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CBS | Tony Awards | Release Date: April 1, 1956

Summary: Broadway's best have been recognized every year in this awards event since April 4, 1947. First televised broadcast was in 1967. The Tony Awards typically features musical numbers from nominated musicals. Over the years, they have occasionally featured excerpts (live and/or filmed) from nominated plays, as well. Over the years, theBroadway's best have been recognized every year in this awards event since April 4, 1947. First televised broadcast was in 1967. The Tony Awards typically features musical numbers from nominated musicals. Over the years, they have occasionally featured excerpts (live and/or filmed) from nominated plays, as well. Over the years, the telecast has been hosted by the likes of Angela Lansbury, Hugh Jackson and Rosie O'Donnell, who, at the height of her popularity, boosted the ratings considerably. Networks airing the program have varied and sometimes technical awards have been presented on a second PBS broadcast directly preceeding the main event. While honoring the best of Broadway, it is the single biggest promotional event for New York Theatre each year.… Expand

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Caroline Siede

Jun 11, 2018

Season 72 Review: This year’s ceremony leaned directly into the earnestness--and it was all the better for it. ... Bareilles and Groban were great anchors throughout the evening, popping up every so often to provide a sense of continuity without eating up too much screentime. Read full review

David Rooney

Jun 11, 2018

Season 72 Review: Bareilles and Groban aced their duties on their own terms, displaying terrific chemistry and making it less about themselves than their infectious enthusiasm as out-and-proud theater geeks. Read full review

Mike Hale

Jun 11, 2018

Season 72 Review: The show as a whole ran like clockwork, without any significant gaffes but also no particularly memorable outbreaks of emotion or eccentricity. Read full review

Bruce Miller

Jun 13, 2017

Season 71 Review: Spacey did a great job explaining why he was host (using riffs on the nominated musicals to make his point), but he was playing to a home crowd. If you didn’t know anything about “Dear Evan Hansen” (and you should), you wouldn’t understand why he had a cast on his arm (and, later, on his leg). Read full review

Michael Schulman

Jun 10, 2019

Season 73 Review: A practiced vaudevillian, [host James Corden] seemed to pitch every comic bit from a defensive crouch, as if convinced that anyone watching the Tonys was doing it by accident or was hoping to see Neil Patrick Harris instead. ... This year, the playwrights themselves gave descriptions of their plays. It may have felt like listening to book reports, but it gave us the chance to see Heidi Schreck, Tarell Alvin McCraney, and, in monster-drag regalia, Taylor Mac. Read full review

Cynthia Littleton

Jun 13, 2017

Season 71 Review: The musical numbers were lively and engaging and the flow of the show was well-paced. The biggest shortcoming was host Kevin Spacey, who just didn’t deliver the same kind of engaging effort as his recent predecessors. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Jun 10, 2019

Season 73 Review: [Host James Corden's] opening number, which began with the “Late Late Show” host sitting on a couch, was premised on the idea that there is simply too much good TV on nowadays, before making a muddled argument that theater is better than TV because it is actually live. ... Corden just kept coming around, with the notion of the excitement around live theater de-emphasized each time by the staleness of his material. ... Little on the broadcast carried the charge of a performance coherent from beginning to end, one designed to tell a story rather than simply cow the audience into submission. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 73

46
- Season 73 Overview
  Air Date: June 9, 2019
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Season 72

79
- Season 72 Overview
  Air Date: June 10, 2018
Season 71

53
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  Air Date: June 11, 2017
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  Air Date: June 12, 2016
Season 69

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  Air Date: June 7, 2015
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  Air Date: June 8, 2014
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  Air Date: June 9, 2013
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  Air Date: June 10, 2012
Season 65

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  Air Date: June 12, 2011
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  Air Date: June 13, 2010
Season 63

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  Air Date: April 1, 1956
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  Air Date: April 1, 1956