Ariana DeBose to Host the 2022 Tony Awards

Angela Lansbury will soon be getting the honor of a lifetime. The celebrated actress and Broadway icon is set to receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 Tony Awards in June.Lansbury, 96, is already a five-time Tony Award winner, and hold two Tony Awards records -- Most Wins for Best Actress in a Musical, and she's hosted my Tony Awards telecasts than anyone else, emceeing the show five times.Lansbury's Broadway career began in 1957 with her role in.

to her iconic performances in ‘Deuce’ and ‘Sweeney Todd,’and most recently, in the revival of ‘A Little Night Music,’ Ms. Lansbury has given us a lifetime of unforgettable performances, and it is a great honor to present her with the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award.”Lansbury made her Broadway debut in 1957, when she starred in “Hotel Paradiso.” She won her first Tony less than a decade later for her 1966 performance in “Mame.” She also won Tonys for “Dear World” in 1969, “Gypsy” in 1974, and “Sweeney Todd” in 1979.

Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose and Jennifer Jason Leigh have joined the cast of Chris Pine’s directorial debut Poolman. They join the previously announced cast of Pine, Annette Bening and Danny DeVito.

the 2022 Tony Awards were announced, and as always, the roundup includes many predicted possible winners, a few snubs, and some surprises.Most people only look at a simple roster of the shows and actors and move on, but for those who want to dig in and do the research, there are some interesting tidbits to be uncovered, hidden within the nominations.Here are five tidbits and facts you may have missed in the roundup of nominees for the 2022 Tony Awards.Already one of the most successful people in the television industry, RuPaul Charles has now started what could be his takeover of the theater world as well.The Drag Race host earned his first Tony nomination as a credited producer on the musical A Strange Loop, which ended up as the most-nominated show of the season.RuPaul is already the winningest Black talent in Emmy history, with 11 trophies (out of 16 nods), and he surely has more coming his way.L Morgan Lee made history when her name was called out as one of the six potential winners in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical field, as she’s up for her work in A Strange Loop.Lee became the first openly trans performer to be nominated in an acting category, and it appears she is just the second trans or non-binary talent to be up for any Tony. In 2019, Taylor Mac earned a chance to win for writing the play Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus.After the nominations were unveiled, Lee took to Twitter to share a very short and powerful message: “I can’t stop crying.”Alongside RuPaul, singer and actor Jennifer Hudson is also nominated for Best Musical for her part in producing A Strange Loop.

Jaquel Spivey and the cast of Broadway’s hot new musical A Strange Loop hit the stage for a performance on Late Night with Seth Meyers this week!

Darren Criss and Julianne Hough are set to host, a one-hour special streaming live on Paramount+ on Sunday, June 12 ahead of the 75th annual Tony Awards on CBS.The two performers will kick off a four-hour evening celebrating the best of Broadway’s 2021-2022 season by handing out multiple awards and introducing several special performances on the streaming platform before Ariana DeBose takes over as host of CBS’s live broadcast of the Tony Awards.  Criss, meanwhile, is currently starring in the Tony-nominated production of, which is up for Best Revival of a Play.

Darren Criss and Julianne Hough – both currently starring on Broadway, he in American Buffalo, she in POTUS -will co-host the pre-Tony Awards livestream special on Paramount+ next month.

Select nominations for the 2022 Tony Awards, announced Monday. Best Musical: "Girl From the North Country," "MJ," "Mr.

Macbeth,” Debra Messing in “Birthday Candles” and husband-and-wife team of Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick (their old-fashioned “Plaza Suite” is printing money, but was sneered at by the out-of-touch New York Times) were all told “we’re just not that into you” by the nominating committee. If I were SJP, I’d add an evening performance on Sunday, June 12 — and livestream it.No luck for the People’s Princess, either.

After a slight delay—they were initially supposed to be announced on May 3, but they were pushed back to accommodate some issues caused by COVID-19—the nominations for the 2022 Tony Awards have finally been unveiled. Beloved theater actors Adrienne Warren and Joshua Henry listed the potential winners of the biggest honor for Broadway shows during a livestream hosted on YouTube for all to see.The most-nominated show this year is A Strange Loop, which racked up an impressive 11 nominations.

Tony Awards. Lee was recognized in the Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical category for her role as Thought 1 in . Michael R.

75th annual Tony Awards, which recognizes the best in live theater over the past year. After the pandemic derailed the 2020 season, the Broadway world is back on track with new and returning star-studded productions resuming performances in New York City. The road to recovery, however, wasn’t without its setbacks. Despite resuming performances, many productions were paused due to coronavirus outbreaks among the cast and crew, forcing the eligibility period to be extended from April 28 to May 4.That said, the Broadway world is pushing forward and celebrating the achievements of the 2021-2022 season. Among this year’s top nominees are, which earned 11 nominations, the most for any original musical or eligible production, and garneredeight nominations, the most for any original play.

NEW YORK -- Select nominations for the 2022 Tony Awards, announced Monday.Best Musical: “Girl From the North Country,” “MJ,” “Mr. Saturday Night,” “Paradise Square,” "Six: The Musical," “A Strange Loop”Best Play: “Clyde's,” “Hangmen,” “The Lehman Trilogy,” “The Minutes,” "Skeleton Crew"Best Revival of a Play: “American Buffalo,” “How I Learned to Drive,” “Take Me Out,” “Trouble in Mind,” “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf”Best Revival of a Musical: "The Music Man," “Company,” “Caroline, or Change”Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Simon Russell Beale, “The Lehman Trilogy”; Adam Godley, “The Lehman Trilogy”; Adrian Lester, “The Lehman Trilogy”; David Morse, “How I Learned to Drive”; Sam Rockwell, “American Buffalo”; Ruben Santiago-Hudson, “Lackawanna Blues”; David Threlfall, “Hangmen”Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Gabby Beans, “The Skin of Our Teeth”; LaChanze, “Trouble in Mind”; Ruth Negga, “Macbeth”; Deirdre O’Connell, “Dana H.”; Mary-Louise Parker, “How I Learned to Drive”Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Billy Crystal, “Mr.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“A Strange Loop,” an extremely meta musical, dominated the nominations for the 75th Tony Awards on Monday. The show, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2020 for its Off-Broadway run, scored a leading 11 nominations.“A Strange Loop” was followed closely behind by “MJ,” a jukebox musical featuring the music of Michael Jackson, and “Paradise Square,” a look at the Five Points area of Manhattan and the tensions that erupted in the violent Draft Riots of 1863, which both nabbed 10 nominations.