Every Single Thing Happening Live at the 2025 Tony Awards

Francis Jue is your Best Featured Actor in a Play for Yellow Face

A very pleasant surprise to start off!

Has anyone done a wellness check on Idina at home with all these Wicked references

Death Becomes Her really underutilized their one song that goes viral on TikTok

That would be “Hit Me.”

The Death Becomes Her live performance would’ve been better served by a medley

They’ve previously shot “For the Gaze” for television on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. However, it’s so distinct from the 1992 film that I’m uncertain if this song will boost ticket sales any more than the others.

Starting off with a gimme is smart

Postpones the excitement of numerous suspenseful moments tonight for a later time, as this award might be one of the more significant ones being presented during the event.

Sarah Snook lands Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for The Picture of Dorian Gray

She can put it right next to her Succession Emmy.

Oscars opening was still much better for my taste in ridiculous entertainment … but DAMN can Cynthia sing!

The tune is quite peculiar as it’s packed with allusions, yet they aren’t meant to be humorous. Instead, they simply acknowledge the existence of various things. However, let me emphasize that her performance is nothing short of exceptional! Despite its benign content, she delivers it flawlessly and fabulously.

If the point of this loop through the audience is to get the energy up in the room, it sure seems to be working in the telecast

They got the meme out of the way in the first 90 seconds of the show. Wise move.

She’s dressed like Annie, actually!

Why is Cynthia dressed like Mrs. Claus to open the show?

We have to get Hue Park a partner by the end of the night

Announcing himself as a bachelor during the inaugural award acceptance, the victor of “Maybe Happy Ending” (alongside Will Aronson) casually mentioned he was unattached before launching into his speech for Best Score with, “Just wanted to let you know, I’m still on the market.

RIP Dead Outlaw winning Best Score

It went to Maybe Happy Ending, which now feels like a lock for Best Musical.

OK we really should be getting Harvey Fierstein’s Lifetime Achievement speech in the main telecast

Oh, Mary! not winning Best Costume Design is insane considering that hoop skirt (and the boxers!)

However, a delightful jab occurred during the ceremony as victor Marg Horwell playfully noted that actress Eryn Jean Norvill had previously portrayed the character in Sydney, while Sarah Snook brought it to life on stage in London.

That’s the first Tony of the night for The Gilded Age

Celia Keenan-Bolger, portraying Mrs. Bruce, was granted the Isabelle Stevenson Award. This recognition is bestowed upon an individual from the theater community who has shown significant dedication by volunteering their time and energy towards one or more philanthropic, social service, or charitable organizations.

I do think it’s cruel to have so many Girls5Eva stars onstage to keep handing awards to Netflix, which picked it up and then canceled it

Gary Edwin Robinson should host the Tonys

The individual who received the Excellence in Theatre Education Award and serves as head of the drama department at Boys & Girls High School in Brooklyn, undeniably shines brightly in their own right.

First Sunset Boulevard Tony!

For Best Lighting Design of a Musical.

The Buena Vista Social Club momentum begins

In just under half an hour since the start, the Tonys have already been awarded three categories: Best Choreography, Best Orchestrations, and Best Sound Design for a Musical. Moreover, there is also a Special Tony to be given to the musicians in their band.

Netflix is going to be so insufferable about having two Tonys (and a special one for the illusions, and I guess possibly more)

Stranger Things: The First Shadow takes Best Lighting Design of a Play as well as Sound Design.

Just saw host Cynthia Erivo sneaking into the audience in a very sculptural dress

Big cheers for every Maybe Happy Ending in the room, probably a sign of something

Tonight, I find myself in the crowd at Radio City Music Hall as the musical that won the inaugural award of the night, Best Book of a Musical, was announced. Before the main event begins, The Tony Awards: Act One is being broadcast on Pluto TV, with Renée Elise Goldsberry and Darren Criss from Maybe Happy Ending hosting the pre-ceremony.