Aaron Tveit and Karen Olivo in "Moulin Rouge: The Musical"
Here's a twist we didn't see coming: the long delayed Tony Awards will be on Paramount+ streaming service this September 26th at 7 PM EST followed by a starry Broadway-celebrating concert on CBS (the usual home of the Tony Awards) at 9 PM EST (both shows are two hours long). That's great timing since the shows begin to return on September 2nd (as previously discussed).
All of the awards but three will be handed out on the Paramount portion of the evening...
Best Musical and the two Best Play categories will be presented on CBS which is strange in a way since those categories often have the dullest speeches since they're from producers rather than performers.
The annoying part of this twist is that it's another example of TV networks continuing to suggest that they don't really get awards shows and don't necessarily know if they want to be in the awards show business anymore. The only shows we know that are currently invited to perform are the jukebox musicals (aka the ones with songs all the tourists know before the shows are even written): Tina, Jagged Little Pill, and Moulin Rouge!
We also now know that the Tony members already voted on the winners from October's nominations two months ago and they've just keeping the results under lock and key until late September. Poor Aaron Tveit. He's the only nominee for Best Actor in a Musical (for Moulin Rouge!) but he still doesn't know if he won! He'll have waited 11 months to find out. Crazy times we live in.