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Feb. 19, 2025 / 1:56 PM

'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo to host Tony Awards

Cynthia Erivo, seen at the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards in London, will host the Tony Awards in June. Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI

1 of 5 | Cynthia Erivo, seen at the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards in London, will host the Tony Awards in June. Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI | License Photo

Feb. 19 (UPI) -- CBS, the American Theater Wing and The Broadway League announced Wednesday that Cynthia Erivo will host the 78th annual Tony Awards. The awards show honoring the best in Broadway airs live June 8 on CBS and Paramount+.

Erivo is currently nominated for an Oscar for her role in Wicked, adapted from the Broadway musical and Gregory Maguire novel. She won a Tony for The Color Purple in 2016.

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"I am looking forward to ushering the theater community at large through a night that celebrates the wonderful performances we have witnessed throughout the year," Erivo said in a statement. "I hope I can rise to the occasion."

The awards ceremony begins at 8 p.m. EDT at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. May 1 is the date of the nominations announcement.

This month, Erivo was named Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year. In March, she will accept the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at the GLAAD Media Awards.

British actress and singer Cynthia Erivo is kissed by Harvard University cast members during a parade through Harvard Square in her honor as she is named the Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals 2025 Woman of the Year in Cambridge, Mass., on February 5, 2025. Photo by Amanda Sabga/UPI | License Photo

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