Like live theater itself, the Tony Awards has had ample opportunity of late to accustom itself to curve balls, upsets and all sorts of real-world intrusions onto Broadway’s rarified and beloved stages.
Forget Covid – well, actually, don’t forget Covid, it’s still here one way or another – this year’s big potential disruption came with the WGA strike against the AMPTP. RELATED: How To Watch The Tony Awards On Tv And Streaming Though for a brief moment it seemed the Tony Awards might be canceled this year, an agreement was reached: WGA strikers and sympathetic members of other unions would not picket the the 76th Annual Tony Awards at the United Palace theater in New York City’s Washington Heights, allowing the show to proceed live live tonight at 8 p.m.
ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and streaming/on demand on Paramount+. RELATED: Every Best Play Tony Award Winner Since 1947: Photo Gallery Same is true for the live, 90-minute pre-show, The Tony Awards: Act One, hosted by Julianne Hough and Skylar Astin, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
ET/3:30 p.m. PT tonight, available for free on Pluto TV via smart TVs, streaming devices, mobile apps and online by going to Pluto TV and clicking on the “Pluto TV Celebrity” channel.
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