Tony & susan6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() And prominent members of the Broadway community - including Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda - have said they will not cross a picket line in order to attend. But without a waiver from the WGA granting special dispensation for the show, guild members would almost certainly show up to picket outside the Tonys’ new venue. The regular, annual Tony show was relegated to pre-show status and streamed on Paramount+.Īccording to The Hollywood Reporter, a script for the Tony Awards was completed before May 2, when the WGA declared a strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, of which CBS and Paramount+ are member companies. ![]() And then, CBS opted to air a celebration of Broadway titled Broadway’s Back. The show that was originally scheduled to air in June 2020 didn’t finally air or stream until September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ![]() This is the second time in the past three years that external events have thrown the Tony Awards timetable into chaos. Oscar winner Ariana DeBose was set to host the ceremony for a second year in a row. This would have been only the sixth time since 1997 that the show has not been held at its usual home, Radio City Music Hall in midtown Manhattan. The 76th Annual Tony Awards were set to be held for the first time at the United Palace in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. ![]()
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