{"id":26614,"date":"2021-09-20T18:11:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T22:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=26614"},"modified":"2021-09-20T18:11:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T22:11:24","slug":"broadways-brightest-stars-announced-to-appear-on-the-tony-awardsr-present-broadways-back-live-from-the-winter-garden-theatre-in-new-york-city-sunday-september-26-on-cbs-and-paramount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/20\/broadways-brightest-stars-announced-to-appear-on-the-tony-awardsr-present-broadways-back-live-from-the-winter-garden-theatre-in-new-york-city-sunday-september-26-on-cbs-and-paramount\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadway&#8217;s Brightest Stars Announced to Appear on &#8220;The Tony Awards(R) Present: Broadway&#8217;s Back!,&#8221; Live from the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, Sunday, September 26 on CBS and Paramount+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26326\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tony-awards-cbs-roses.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tony-awards-cbs-roses.jpg 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tony-awards-cbs-roses-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Appearances by Annaleigh Ashford, Kerry Butler, Kristin Chenoweth, Andr\u00e9 De Shields, Jake Gyllenhaal, Christopher Jackson, Audra McDonald, Idina Menzel, Ruthie Ann Miles, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bebe Neuwirth, Leslie Odom, Jr., Kelli O&#8217;Hara, Ben Platt, Jeremy Pope, Chita Rivera, Daphne Rubin-Vega and BD Wong<\/p>\n<p>Leslie Odom Jr. Hosts the Live Concert Event Celebrating the Return to Broadway @ 9PM, ET\/PT on CBS<\/p><div id=\"morty-2515840544\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Audra McDonald Hosts the Live Presentation of the American Theatre Wing&#8217;s &#8220;<strong><em>74th Annual Tony Awards\u00ae<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; @ 7PM, live ET\/4:00 PM, live PT on Paramount+<\/p>\n<p>CBS and the American Theatre Wing&#8217;s Tony Awards announced today that some of Broadway&#8217;s biggest stars will take the stage on <strong>THE TONY AWARDS(R) PRESENT: BROADWAY&#8217;S BACK!, live from the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, Sunday, September 26 on the CBS Television Network<\/strong>, and available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+. The special will celebrate the return to live theater and commemorate the 74TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS(R) for the 2019-2020 season in a four-hour television and streaming event.<\/p>\n<p>Annaleigh Ashford, Kerry Butler, Kristin Chenoweth, Andr\u00e9 De Shields, Jake Gyllenhaal, Christopher Jackson, Audra McDonald, Idina Menzel, Ruthie Ann Miles, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bebe Neuwirth, Leslie Odom Jr., Kelli O&#8217;Hara, Ben Platt, Jeremy Pope, Chita Rivera, Daphne Rubin-Vega and BD Wong are set to appear throughout the evening. More artists participating in the show will be announced later this week.<\/p>\n<p>Tony and GRAMMY(R) Award-winning and two-time Academy Award-nominated singer and actor Leslie Odom Jr. will host THE TONY AWARDS(R) PRESENT: BROADWAY&#8217;S BACK! from 9:00-11PM, live ET\/delayed PT. 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