The Tony Awards featured performances from the above nominated musicals as well as Dead Outlaw, Floyd Collins, Gypsy, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, Pirates! The Penzance Musical, Just in Time and Real Women Have Curves. There was also a special appearance by 2019 Tony honor recipient Broadway Inspirational Voices.

Broadway's biggest celebrities like Nicole Scherzinger, Sadie Sink and Audra McDonald commanded the red carpet in show-stopping looks at the 78th Annual Tony Awards in New York City. See all the hottest fashion right here.

According to Nielsen’s time-zone adjusted data, the awards show drew 5.1 million viewers for CBS. That is up from 3.53 million in 2024, an increase of approximately 44%. That is also the largest audience for the Tonys since 2019, when the telecast that year nabbed 5.4 million viewers.

With bustles and bouffants, the stars of the stage arrived at the Tonys in — what else? — the most theatrical of designs.

From holding space for one another to unexpected Grindr shout-outs, the 2025 Tony Awards gave us much to talk about. See the best, worst and most oops moments from the Tony Awards

There was a “Hamilton” reunion, Nicole Scherzinger’s outsize grandeur and Cynthia Erivo’s pleasant “sing-off” music. But those cheesy projections were a big miss.

Ingenuity and reinvention won big at the Tony Awards, where host Cynthia Erivo heralded the big headline of the night: “Broadway is officially back!” This season’s high-flying box-office numbers were juiced by an influx of Hollywood star vehicles, but the biggest artistic honors went to outside-the-box shows that gambled on big risks.

Here's how to watch and what to know about presenters and performers as the 2025 Tony Awards honor the best of Broadway.