The Tony Awards are returning to Radio City after two years at the intimate Beacon Theatre.
According to numerous reports, the ceremony, which honors the best in theater, will take place on June 9th and will be aired live on CBS from Radio City Music Hall.
The deadline for eligibility this season is April 25 and shows expected to open prior to the cutoff include Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful (April 23), John Logan's I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers (April 24) and a highly anticipated revival of the 1972 musical Pippin (April 25).
Tony award winners Christine Ebersole and Cheyenne Jackson will announce the nominations on April 30.
Ebersole and Jackson are among large group of Broadway stars that will appear this season on NBC's musical dramedy, "Smash." Other Broadway stars include Lin-Manuel Miranda, Montego Glover, Carolee Carmello, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jesse L. Martin, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters, Rosie O'Donnell, Sheryl Lee Ralph, John Robin Baitz, Kathy Fitzgerald, Julian Ovenden, Jason Kravitz, Manny Herrera, and Veanne Cox.
Ebersole has garnered two Tony awards for her work on "42nd Street" in 2001 and for "Grey Gardens" in 2007. She was also nominated for "Dinner at Eight." The actress will next be seen in "Sullivan and Son" on TBS and in the upcoming film "The Big Wedding" starring Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, Robin Williams and Amanda Seyfried. Ebersole will also tour her Cabaret show throughout the US.
Jackson recently starred in "One Night Stand" with Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Rachel Dratch, Tracie Thomas and Alicia Witt. The film premiered at the Austin and Nashville Film Festival and won numerous accolades. The actor also released his third single "Don't Wanna Know" and filmed a music video for the song. Jackson recently wrapped "The Performers" on Broadway and performed "Music of the Mad Men Era" at the Kennedy Center on New Year's Eve.
There has been no confirmation on who will host the event. Neil Patrick Harris has hosted the last three Tony Awards ceremonies.
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