Broadway’s biggest night is finally here, with the 79th Annual Tony Awards already in action! As beloved stars from the stage (and beyond) arrive on the red carpet outside of Radio City Music Hall in their fiercest fashion, you’re officially invited to follow along with Playbill’s coverage. See stars such as Luke Evans, Bernadette Peters, Rosie O’Donnell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and more in the gallery below.

See Playbill’s complete red carpet gallery below. And if you missed the red carpet livestream, have no fear! You can rewatch it on our YouTube channel, hosted by Playbill’s Director of Social Media Jeffrey Vizcaíno.

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The Tony Awards: Act One, a pre-show that will see many of the evening’s creative categories presented, kicks off beginning at 6:35 PM ET, streaming live for free on Pluto TV’s Live Music channel. Tony winner Laura Benanti and Broadway favorite Tituss Burgess will host. You can also keep your eyes on Playbill—both right here and on our social media channels—for the latest winners as soon as they’re announced. We’ll also have live reporting throughout the night from the Press Room, where winning artists visit just after accepting their awards.

The big show, The 79th Annual Tony Awards, will begin at 8 PM ET on CBS (check local listings), with Grammy-winning Broadway fan deluxe Pink hosting. You can also stream the ceremony via Paramount+ with a Premium-level subscription via the live CBS feed. Non-premium subscribers will be able to stream the ceremony on demand after it airs. The ceremony will contain more winner announcements—including the evening’s top title of Best Musical—along with performances from all of this year’s Best Musical and Best Revival of a Musical nominees. The evening will also feature a performance from the entire original Broadway cast of The Book of Mormon, celebrating the show’s 15th anniversary on the Main Stem; a performance marking the 30th anniversary of the long-running Broadway revival of Chicago, featuring Queen Latifah, Pink, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Alex Newell, Adrienne Warren, Cedric the Entertainer, Julianne Hough, Whitney Leavitt, Dylan Mulvaney, and more; and an In Memoriam segment backed by Leslie Odom, Jr. singing “Without You” from Rent, also marking that musical’s 30th anniversary. And with Pink hosting, it’s probably an easy bet that we’ll get some other high-flying performances, too. 

Don’t forget to get your official Tony Awards ballot printed out and ready so you can play along as the night continues!

Nominations for the Tonys’ competitive categories were revealed May 5, with The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! tied as the season’s most-nominated productions. Each are up for 12 categories including Best Musical, while Lincoln Center Theater’s Ragtime is right behind them with 11 nominations. Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is the most-nominated play of the season with nine total nods (tying it with fellow revivals Cats: The Jellicle Ball and Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show). See the full list of nominees here.

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The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards are presented by The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League. At the American Theatre Wing, Ted Chapin is interim chair, and Heather Hitchens is president and CEO. At the Broadway League, Kristin Caskey is chair, and Jason Laks is president. Raj Kapoor, Sarah Levine Hall, and Jack Sussman are producing this year’s ceremony.