It is nearly time for Broadway’s greatest evening, which suggests it is time to unveil the star-studded record of presenters for this yr’s Tony Awards!
The roaster of well-known faces presenting on the 77th annual Tony Awards is one filled with heavy hitters, together with Utkarsh Ambudkar, Nate Burleson, Cynthia Erivo, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Josh Gad, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sean Hayes, Taraji P. Henson, Julianne Hough, Jennifer Hudson, Angelina Jolie, Nick Jonas and Idina Menzel.
Rounding out the record of gifted presenters are Ashley Park, Jim Parsons, Wendell Pierce, Ben Platt, Anthony Ramos, Andrew Rannells, Solomon Thomas, Taylor Tomlinson, Pete Townshend, Tamara Tunie, Adrienne Warren, Patrick Wilson and Jeffrey Wright.
It was additionally introduced that the solid of Stereophonic has been added to the record of star-studded performances, becoming a member of beforehand introduced performances from Cabaret on the Equipment Kat Membership, Hell’s Kitchen, Illinoise, Merrily We Roll Alongside, Suffs, The Outsiders, The Who’s Tommy and Water for Elephants.
Airing reside from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Heart for the Performing Arts in New York Metropolis, the Tony Awards cap off a robust yr for Broadway, which noticed a number of profitable revivals and the debut of a number of common new exhibits.
Incomes the most nominations of any production, Hell’s Kitchen and Stereophonic got here out on prime, with a complete of 13 nominations every, adopted by The Outsiders with 12. Moreover, Cabaret on the Equipment Kat Membership and Merrily We Roll Alongside had been probably the most acknowledged revivals of the yr, amassing 9 and seven nominations, respectively.
In terms of the performing prizes, Merrily We Roll Alongside‘s Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Menendez every earned nominations for his or her respective performances.
Jolie recently attended the debut of The Outsiders together with her daughter, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt. Angelina, 48, and Vivienne, 15, function producer and a producer’s assistant, respectively, of the stage adaptation of the movie and the 1967 novel by S. E. Hinton, which takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1967.
“Ponyboy Curtis, his greatest buddy Johnny Cade and their Greaser household of outsiders battle with their prosperous rivals, the Socs. This thrilling new Broadway musical navigates the complexities of self-discovery because the Greasers dream about who they need to change into in a world which will by no means settle for them,” reads the play’s description on the present’s official site.
Jolie’s function within the manufacturing was announced last year. On the time, the actress-director stated she was impressed to affix the staff after seeing the play with Vivienne at the La Jolla Playhouse.
Vivienne made headlines when it was revealed that she is credited as Vivienne Jolie in the show’s playbill. A supply beforehand informed ET that Vivienne requested to not have Pitt added to her identify, a transfer that echoed her older sister, Zahara’s, stance. The teenager introduced herself as “Zahara Marley Jolie” throughout a sorority ceremony occasion at Spelman School in Atlanta, Georgia.
Jolie and Brad Pitt, who ended their more-than decade-long romance in 2016, share six kids: Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and 15-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.
Shiloh, in the meantime, seems to be the primary Jolie-Pitt little one to take authorized motion concerning their identify. A supply beforehand informed ET that Shiloh filed the papers asking to be referred to as Shiloh Jolie on her 18th birthday, which fell on Might 27.
“Shiloh employed her personal lawyer and paid for it herself, so Angie does not know and might’t communicate for it,” a source told ET after the information broke.
Take a look at the video under for extra on how Vivienne was introduced on to supply The Outsiders alongside her mother.
Hosted as soon as once more by Ariana DeBose, the 77th Tony Awards will air reside on Sunday, June 16, at 5 p.m. PT/8p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+.
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