Tony Awards 2025 gets a Wicked new host!
New York, New York - The Tony Awards are getting a wicked makeover with a brand-new host this year: none other than the greenified goddess Cynthia Erivo.

Broadway goes good with green!
Cynthia Erivo may be having her best year yet. She's not only cemented her place across stage and screen with her heralded turn as Elphaba in this year's Wicked: Part I - aka, the most successful movie musical of all time.
Now, the Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winner, and three-time Oscar nominee will host the 78th Annual Tony Awards, honoring the best of the 2024-2025 Broadway season in New York City.
This year's festivities will return to Radio City Music Hall on June 8, meaning Cynthia could shoulder hosting duties as the newest Oscar Award winner, where she's up for Best Actress on March 2. In addition to her Academy Award nomination, she's been recognized this year for her turn as the wicked green witch, opposite Ariana Grande's Glinda the good, and nabbed Golden Globe, SAG, Critics' Choice, NAACP, and BAFTA nods.
"I am so proud and excited to take on this glorious honor," the British actor-singer said of her latest accolade, hosting the Tonys.
"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. I hope I can rise to the occasion."
How to watch the 2025 Tony Awards and Best Actress nominees

The Tony Awards will be broadcasted live on Sunday, June 8, 2025 at 8 PM EST on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
Nominations for this year's starry Tonys will be revealed on May 1. Its Best Actress in a Musical Category is shaping up to be the most heavy-hitting in years, with longtime Broadway leading ladies Audra McDonald, Idina Menzel, Sutton Foster, Nicole Scherzinger, Robin Hurder, and Caroline Bowman all in headlining roles this season.
Cynthia Erivo took home her Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2016, when she stormed on the Broadway scene starring in the revival of The Color Purple.
She has since received a first Academy Award for Best Actress for playing Harriet Tubman in the biopic Harriet (2019). Her second stint as Elphaba in Wicked: Part 2 will be released in November of this year.
But first, she'll be defying gravity at the Tony Awards.
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