PhotosPhotos: Look Back at the Venues That Have Hosted the Tony Awards
This year, Broadway's biggest night will be held at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater.
By
Molly Higgins
June 14, 2024
The David H. Koch Theater
Jon Simon
The 77th Annual Tony Awards are just days away. This year, the starry ceremony will be held June 16 at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. Before Broadway's biggest night, we've compiled a gallery of Tonys venues of past and present—from The Plaza Hotel to The United Palace.
Take a look at 20 venues that have hosted the Tony Awards in the gallery below.
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20 Venues That Have Hosted The Tony Awards
20 Venues That Have Hosted The Tony Awards
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The 1st Annual Tony Awards held at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, venue of the 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, and 1962 Tony Awards
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The Plaza Hotel, venue of the 1954, 1955, and 1956 Tony Awards
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The Astor Hotel, venue of the 1960 and 1965 Tony Awards
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The Americana of New York (now The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel), venue of the 1963 Tony Awards
For the fourth year in a row, this year's Tony Awards will be presented as a split broadcast. The Tony Awards: Act One, a 90-minute pre-show of live and exclusive content hosted by Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar, will stream on Pluto TV's ET channel beginning at 6:30 PM ET. The main awards ceremony will follow at 8 PM ET, hosted by West Side Story Oscar winner Ariana DeBose for the third consecutive year. The awards portion will broadcast live on CBS, and stream live (for subscribers with the Showtime add-on) via Paramount+. All Paramount+ subscribers will have on demand access to the broadcast beginning June 17.
Check Playbill throughout the evening for the latest in Tony Awards coverage, including photos from the red carpet, a continually updated list of winners, analysis from Playbill's theatre experts, and more.
Nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards were revealed April 30, with Hell's Kitchen and Stereophonic taking the mantle as the most Tony-nominated productions of the season with 13 nods each. See the full list of nominations here.