Lin-Manuel Miranda says host Ariana DeBose will put on a 'doozy' of an opening number at Tony Awards

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Lin-Manuel Miranda has set expectations high for Ariana DeBose's turn as host at the upcoming 75th Tony Awards.In an interview with Deadline, the 42-year-old composer teased that the 31-year-old actress will kick off the Sunday night show with a 'doozy of an opening number.''There will be dancing,' the three-time Grammy Award winner told the outlet, though he would not disclose additional details about the ceremony, which airs Sunday night with a one-hour segment on Paramount+ at 7 p.m.

ET and the main show starting at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+. Looking forward to it:Lin-Manuel Miranda has set expectations high for Ariana DeBose's turn as host at the upcoming 75th Tony Awards; seen in June 2022The multi-hyphenate performer added, 'You couldn't ask for a better host.' DeBose was an original cast member in Miranda's hit Broadway musical Hamilton, in which she played the role of Bullet from 2015 to 2016.The dancer was nominated for her first Tony Award in 2018 after playing Disco Donna in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.

Exciting:In an interview with Deadline , the 42-year-old composer teased that the 31-year-old actress will kick off the Sunday night show with a 'doozy of an opening number'; seen in February 2022 Sharing the stage:DeBose was an original cast member in Miranda's hit Broadway musical Hamilton.

She played the role of Bullet from 2015 to 2016; seen in 2016The North Carolina native skyrocketed to fame after starring in Steven Spielberg's 2021 big-screen adaptation of the classic musical West Side Story.In March, DeBose made history when she became the first openly queer woman of color to win an Oscar after receiving the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role as Anita.Miranda, who has won.