Julianne Hough is making moves — and a Broadway debut in ‘POTUS’

Darren Criss and Julianne Hough are kicking off the 2022 Tony Awards!

She’s back on Broadway! Ariana DeBose, who got her start acting on the Great White Way, has since become a massive movie star — even winning an Oscar. Now, she’s returning to her theatrical roots as the host of the 75th annual Tony Awards.

Vanessa Hudgens is at the 2022 Tony Awards!

Julianne Hough is single in the city and loving it! ET's Lauren Zima spoke to Hough at the 75th annual Tony Awards Sunday night about life in New York City following her divorce from Books Laich and making her big Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated, .«Busy,» Hough quipped about life in New York. «Eight shows a week on Broadway.

star-studded event, the 75th annual Tony Awards hosted by Ariana DeBose recognized the best in live theater over the past year by celebrating the achievements of the 2021-2022 season. Everyone from RuPaul Charles to Michael Jacksons’ kids, Paris and Prince, took the stage at Radio City Music Hall in New York City to honor the many nominated productions, including, which was produced by the host of, and, the jukebox musical about the late pop star’s life and career. Other top nominees included,,, and, while the performance categories saw Billy Crystal, Hugh Jackson, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Rachel Dratch, Ruth Negga and Uzo Aduba all competing for individual prizes.  Unfolding over four hours, the night first kicked off with The Tony Awards: Act One hosted by Darren Criss and Julianne Hough, an hour of exclusive content presented on Paramount+.

Vanessa Hudgens is at the 2022 Tony Awards!

Refresh for awards updates Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss have won the Tony for their original score for Six: The Musical.

Julianne Hough drips in sparkling fringe on top of her dress while arriving at the 2022 Tony Awards on Sunday (June 12) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Emmy Award-winners Darren Criss and Julianne Hough will co-host The Tony Awards: Act One at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, an hour of exclusive content streaming live only on Paramount+ beginning 60 minutes prior to the live broadcast of the Tony Awards ceremony on CBS. Criss and Hough will kick off the evening celebrating the 2022 Tony Awards, bestowing multiple honors and introducing special performances throughout Act One.

For a Broadway season that will go down in the record books for its abbreviated 42-week length, Covid cancelations and stark decline in attendance attributable at least in part to New York City’s pandemic-era dearth of tourists, the 2021-22 theatrical season was surprisingly healthy in one very significant way: As this year’s Tony Awards nomination roster makes clear, Broadway venues were well-stocked with the talent and quality that can make trophy-voting an endless cycle of on-the-other-hand second guessing and nitpicking.

Darren Criss is getting candid about fatherhood.

75th annual Tony Awards hosted by Ariana DeBose.While the ceremony did not clarify who from the award-winning, groundbreaking musical will be taking the stage, the 2007 production originally starred Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff and John Gallagher Jr., who all previously got back together for a one-time performance during the pandemic. That reunion was documented in the HBO film . Other notable performers slated to take the stage of Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday night are Bernadette Peters, Billy Porter and the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus. Additionally, the evening will feature performances by the 2022 nominated musicals,,,,,,, and .The performers join a star-studded list of presenters from the stage, including Andrew Garfield, Bowen Yang, Jessica Chastain, Vanessa Hudgens and many more. Unfolding over four hours live coast to coast, the evening kicks off at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m.

Original cast members of the 2006 Broadway production of Spring Awakening will reunite for a special performance during this Sunday’s Tony Awards events, producers said today.

Tony Awards.In addition to the three, the full presenter list for the awards ceremony, which honors the best in theater over the last year, includes Broadway stars like Danny Burstein, Len Cariou, Lilli Cooper, Cynthia Erivo, Raúl Esparza Renée Elise Goldsberry, David Alan Grier, Nathan Lane, Telly Leung, Judith Light, Ruthie Ann Miles, Patina Miller, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelli O’Hara, Bernadette Peters, Jeremy Pope, Chita Rivera, Phillipa Soo, Aaron Tveit and Adrienne Warren. In addition, film and television actors such as Utkarsh Ambudkar, Skylar Astin, Zach Braff, Danielle Brooks, Jessica Chastain, Bryan Cranston, Wilson Cruz, Colman Domingo, Anthony Edwards, Laurence Fishburne, Tony Goldwyn, Vanessa Hudgens, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Lucas, Gaten Matarazzo, Sarah Paulson, Billy Porter, LaTanya Richardson, Tony Shalhoub, Sarah Silverman, George Takei and Patrick Wilson will also present awards during the evening.

75th annual Tony Awards looks to be a star-studded affair, with RuPaul, Michael Jackson’s kids, Paris and Prince, Lin-Manuel Miranda and many more taking the stage during an evening honoring the best of Broadway. For those keeping track, RuPaul is not only the queen of Paramount+, thanks to the record-breaking ratings of, but he is also a producer of, which is the most-nominated production of the 2021-2022 season. Meanwhile, Prince and Paris will be at the Tonys to support, the jukebox musical about the late singer’s life and career endorsed by the Jackson family. That production tied with as the second most-nominated show of the night.

Derek Hough finally proposed to his girlfriend, Hayley Erbert, and now he's spilling all the details about his ultra romantic proposal, and their plans to start a family in the future.MORE: Derek Hough reveals engagement to longtime girlfriend Hayley ErbertThe star proposed at the most special place for them, their own home, after spending the day in Yosemite, and detailed that since it's where they both work and live together, it felt extra meaningful."We travel around the world and [do] all these amazing adventures, we love all that, but what we love even more is coming back home and being in our place together," he said to Us Weekly.WATCH: Derek and sister Julianne Hough reveal latest project togetherMORE: Derek Hough hints at wanting to expand his family with girlfriend Hayley ErbertThe 37-year-old opened up about his proposal, and how though he didn't think he was going to be able to pull it off, admitting Hayley is impossible to surprise, but everything went according to plan.Still, he confessed, he doesn't remember much about his plan anyways. He explained: "I don't think I remember anything I said.

This Sunday’s 75th Annual Tony Awards will feature a line-up of presenters from the stage and screen, including Andrew Garfield, Laurence Fishburne, Nathan Lane, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bowen Yang and both Paris and Prince Jackson, the children of MJ subject Michael Jackson.