Tony Awards Add Rachel Zegler, Leslie Odom Jr. to June 7 Show as 170 Performers Open
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Updated · Broadway.com · Jun 4
Tony Awards Add Rachel Zegler, Leslie Odom Jr. to June 7 Show as 170 Performers Open
3 articles · Updated · Broadway.com · Jun 4
Summary
Rachel Zegler will deliver a special tribute to A Chorus Line at the 79th Tony Awards, while Leslie Odom Jr. will perform Rent’s “Without You” for the in memoriam segment on June 7.
More than 170 Broadway performers will open the ceremony in a new number choreographed by Sarah O’Gleby and written by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Mark Sonnenblick.
Adrien Brody, Ariana DeBose, Ben Platt, Bernadette Peters, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Maya Rudolph, Megan Thee Stallion, Neil Patrick Harris and Sting are among the newly detailed presenter lineup.
The broadcast will also feature anniversary performances for Chicago’s 30th year on Broadway and The Book of Mormon’s 15th, alongside numbers from Tony contenders including Ragtime, Titanique and The Rocky Horror Show.
Laura Benanti and Tituss Burgess will co-host the Pluto TV pre-show before the CBS and Paramount+ telecast from Radio City Music Hall at 8 p.m. ET.