Like reside theater itself, the Tony Awards has had ample alternative of late to accustom itself to curve balls, upsets and all kinds of real-world intrusions onto Broadway’s rarified and beloved phases. Overlook Covid – properly, truly, don’t overlook Covid, it’s nonetheless right here a technique or one other – this yr’s huge potential disruption got here with the WGA strike towards the AMPTP.
Although for a short second it appeared the Tony Awards could be canceled this yr, an settlement was reached: WGA strikers and sympathetic members of different unions wouldn’t picket the the 76th Annual Tony Awards on the United Palace theater in New York Metropolis’s Washington Heights, permitting the present to proceed reside reside tonight at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and streaming/on demand on Paramount+.
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One caveat although (or perhaps two, relying on the way you take a look at it): WGA writers weren’t permitted to carry a pen for the present, that means no pre-written interstitial bits, no pre-written musical quantity introductions or jokes or new musical numbers specifically written for the present. The performances will come fully from the nominated Broadway reveals, plus perhaps just a few others included from Broadway choices from years previous (Humorous Woman, with Lea Michele, has already been introduced as a performer). Additionally: the WGA has requested its members to not attend the ceremony: Profitable playwrights, in the event that they belong to the WGA, can pre-tape an acceptance speech or have another person decide up the award.
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