The Tony Awards have announced record-breaking hit musical "Chicago" will celebrate 30 years on Broadway with a very special performance featuring Queen Latifah and P!NK, among others.
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, as well as Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Alex Newell, Adrienne Warren, Julianne Hough, Whitney Leavitt, Dylan Mulvaney and more for a tribute performance from this iconic production that has been a Broadway mainstay since 1996.
Broadway's biggest night 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."
"Chicago" is the longest-running American musical in Broadway history.
The entire 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 take the stage 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.
The 79th Annual Tony Awards will return to the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 7. Hosted by P!NK, The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards will broadcast LIVE to both coasts on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+.
Prior to the broadcast, Laura Benanti and Tituss Burgess will host "THE TONY AWARDS: ACT ONE," a live pre-show with exclusive content that is available to viewers for free on Pluto TV beginning June 7 at 6:35-8:00 PM, ET/3:35-5:00 PM, PT. The two stage-and-screen icons will kick off Broadway's biggest night with the presentation of the first round of Tony Awards during the exciting pre-show telecast.
Tickets for the Tony Awards are priced at $731.80 for Third Mezzanine and $936.60 for Second Mezzanine, and are available for purchase at TonyAwards.com and Ticketmaster.com.
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