List of Tony Awards ceremonies

This is a list of Tony Awards ceremonies.[1][2][3]

This list is current as of the 78th Tony Awards ceremony held on June 8, 2025.

## Venues

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* 1947–53, 1957–59, 1961–62: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (12)
* 1954–56: Plaza Hotel (3)
* 1960, 1965: Astor Hotel (2)
* 1963: Hotel Americana (1)
* 1964: New York Hilton (1)
* 1966: Rockefeller Center Rainbow Room (1)
* 1967–68, 1974, 1976–79, 1985: Shubert Theatre (6)
* 1969–70, 1980–81, 1987: Mark Hellinger Theatre (5)
* 1971: Palace Theatre (1)
* 1972: Broadway Theatre (1)
* 1973, 1982: Imperial Theatre (2)
* 1975, 2021: Winter Garden Theatre (2)
* 1983–84, 1992–94, 1999: Gershwin Theatre (6)
* 1986, 1988, 1991, 1995: Minskoff Theatre (4)
* 1989–90: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (2)
* 1996: Majestic Theatre (1)
* 1997–98, 2000–10, 2013–15, 2017–19, 2022, 2025: Radio City Music Hall (21)
* 2011–12, 2016: Beacon Theatre (3)
* 2023: United Palace (1)
* 2024: David H. Koch Theater (1)

## Networks

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U.S. network  | Years

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WCBS | 1959–1962
WOR-TV | 1963–1965
ABC | 1967
NBC | 1968–1970
ABC  | 1971–1977
CBS | 1978–2026
Paramount+ | 2021–

## Ceremonies

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Ceremony | Date | Best Musical | Best Play | Host(s) | Location | Network(s) | U.S. viewers
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1st | April 6, 1947 | — | — | Brock Pemberton | Waldorf Astoria New York | WOR, Mutual |
2nd | March 28, 1948 | — | Mister Roberts | Bert Lytell, Hiram Sherman, Harry Hirshfield
3rd | April 24, 1949 | Kiss Me, Kate | Death of a Salesman | Brock Pemberton, James Sauter
4th | April 9, 1950 | South Pacific | The Cocktail Party | no formal host
5th | March 25, 1951 | Guys and Dolls | The Rose Tattoo | James Sauter
6th | March 30, 1952 | The King and I | The Fourposter | Helen Hayes
7th | March 29, 1953 | Wonderful Town | The Crucible | Faye Emerson | NBC radio
8th | March 28, 1954 | Kismet | The Teahouse of the August Moon | James Sauter | Plaza Hotel | NBC
9th | March 27, 1955 | The Pajama Game | The Desperate Hours | Helen Hayes
10th | April 1, 1956 | Damn Yankees | The Diary of Anne Frank | Jack Carter | DuMont
11th | April 21, 1957 | My Fair Lady | Long Day's Journey into Night | Bud Collyer | Waldorf Astoria New York | none
12th | April 13, 1958 | The Music Man | Sunrise at Campobello
13th | April 12, 1959 | Redhead | J.B. | WCBS-TV
14th | April 24, 1960 | Fiorello! / The Sound of Music | The Miracle Worker | Eddie Albert | Hotel Astor
15th | April 16, 1961 | Bye Bye Birdie | Becket | Phil Silvers | Waldorf Astoria New York
16th | April 29, 1962 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | A Man for All Seasons | Ray Bolger, Robert Preston
17th | April 28, 1963 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Abe Burrows, Robert Morse | Hotel Americana | WWOR-TV
18th | May 24, 1964 | Hello, Dolly! | Luther | Sidney Blackmer | New York Hilton Midtown
19th | June 13, 1965 | Fiddler on the Roof | The Subject Was Roses | Tom Bosley, José Ferrer, Van Johnson | Hotel Astor
20th | June 16, 1966 | Man of La Mancha | Marat/Sade | George Abbott, Ginger Rogers | Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center | CBS (radio)
21st | March 26, 1967 | Cabaret | The Homecoming | Mary Martin, Robert Preston | Shubert Theatre | ABC
22nd | April 21, 1968 | Hallelujah, Baby! | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Angela Lansbury, Peter Ustinov | NBC
23rd | April 20, 1969 | 1776 | The Great White Hope | Diahann Carroll, Alan King | Mark Hellinger Theatre
24th | April 19, 1970 | Applause | Borstal Boy | Julie Andrews, Shirley MacLaine, Walter Matthau
25th | March 28, 1971 | Company | Sleuth | Lauren Bacall, Angela Lansbury, Anthony Quayle, Anthony Quinn | Palace Theatre | ABC
26th | April 23, 1972 | Two Gentlemen of Verona | Sticks and Bones | Henry Fonda, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov | The Broadway Theatre
27th | March 25, 1973 | A Little Night Music | That Championship Season | Rex Harrison, Celeste Holm | Imperial Theatre
28th | April 21, 1974 | Raisin | The River Niger | Peter Falk, Florence Henderson, Robert Preston, Cicely Tyson | Shubert Theatre | 20.0[4]
29th | April 20, 1975 | The Wiz | Equus | Larry Blyden, George S. Irving, Larry Kert,
Carol Lawrence, Michele Lee, Bernadette Peters, Bobby Van | Winter Garden Theatre | 17.9[4]
30th | April 18, 1976 | A Chorus Line | Travesties | Eddie Albert, Richard Burton, Jane Fonda, Diana Rigg, George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere | Shubert Theatre | 16.0[4]
31st | June 5, 1977 | Annie | The Shadow Box | Jack Albertson, Bea Arthur, Buddy Ebsen, Damon Evans, Jean Stapleton, Leslie Uggams |
32nd | June 4, 1978 | Ain't Misbehavin' | Da | no formal host | CBS
33rd | June 3, 1979 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | The Elephant Man | Jane Alexander, Henry Fonda, Liv Ullmann
34th | June 8, 1980 | Evita | Children of a Lesser God | Mary Tyler Moore, Jason Robards | Mark Hellinger Theatre
35th | June 7, 1981 | 42nd Street | Amadeus | Ellen Burstyn, Richard Chamberlain
36th | June 6, 1982 | Nine | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Tony Randall | Imperial Theatre
37th | June 5, 1983 | Cats | Torch Song Trilogy | Richard Burton, Lena Horne, Jack Lemmon | Gershwin Theatre
38th | June 3, 1984 | La Cage aux Folles | The Real Thing | Julie Andrews, Robert Preston
39th | June 2, 1985 | Big River | Biloxi Blues | no formal host | Shubert Theatre
40th | June 1, 1986 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | I'm Not Rappaport | Minskoff Theatre
41st | June 7, 1987 | Les Misérables | Fences | Angela Lansbury | Mark Hellinger Theatre
42nd | June 5, 1988 | The Phantom of the Opera | M. Butterfly | Minskoff Theatre | 12.1[4]
43rd | June 4, 1989 | Jerome Robbins' Broadway | The Heidi Chronicles | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | 12.3[4]
44th | June 3, 1990 | City of Angels | The Grapes of Wrath | Kathleen Turner | 10.1[4]
45th | June 2, 1991 | The Will Rogers Follies | Lost in Yonkers | Julie Andrews, Jeremy Irons | Minskoff Theatre | 12.2[4]
46th | May 31, 1992 | Crazy for You | Dancing at Lughnasa | Glenn Close | Gershwin Theatre | 11.7[4]
47th | June 6, 1993 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | Liza Minnelli | 11.1[4]
48th | June 12, 1994 | Passion | Angels in America: Perestroika | Anthony Hopkins, Amy Irving | 10.4[4]
49th | June 4, 1995 | Sunset Boulevard | Love! Valour! Compassion! | Nathan Lane, Glenn Close, Gregory Hines | Minskoff Theatre | 10.2[4]
50th | June 2, 1996 | Rent | Master Class | Nathan Lane | Majestic Theatre | 8.7[4]
51st | June 1, 1997 | Titanic | The Last Night of Ballyhoo | Rosie O'Donnell | Radio City Music Hall | 13.0[4]
52nd | June 7, 1998 | The Lion King | Art | 11.7[4]
53rd | June 6, 1999 | Fosse | Side Man | no formal host | Gershwin Theatre | 9.1[4]
54th | June 4, 2000 | Contact | Copenhagen | Rosie O'Donnell, Nathan Lane | Radio City Music Hall | 8.5[4]
55th | June 3, 2001 | The Producers | Proof | Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick | 8.9[4]
56th | June 2, 2002 | Thoroughly Modern Millie | The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? | Bernadette Peters, Gregory Hines | 7.9[4]
57th | June 8, 2003 | Hairspray | Take Me Out | Hugh Jackman | 7.8[4]
58th | June 6, 2004 | Avenue Q | I Am My Own Wife | 6.4[4]
59th | June 5, 2005 | Monty Python's Spamalot | Doubt | 6.5[4]
60th | June 11, 2006 | Jersey Boys | The History Boys | no formal host | 7.7[4]
61st | June 10, 2007 | Spring Awakening | The Coast of Utopia | 5.7[4]
62nd | June 15, 2008 | In the Heights | August: Osage County | Whoopi Goldberg | 6.2[4]
63rd | June 7, 2009 | Billy Elliot the Musical | God of Carnage | Neil Patrick Harris | 7.4[4]
64th | June 13, 2010 | Memphis | Red | Sean Hayes | 7.0[5]
65th | June 12, 2011 | The Book of Mormon | War Horse | Neil Patrick Harris | Beacon Theatre | 6.9[6]
66th | June 10, 2012 | Once | Clybourne Park | 6.0[7]
67th | June 9, 2013 | Kinky Boots | Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike | Radio City Music Hall | 7.2[8]
68th | June 8, 2014 | A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | All the Way | Hugh Jackman | 7.0[9]
69th | June 7, 2015 | Fun Home | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming | 6.4[10]
70th | June 12, 2016 | Hamilton | The Humans | James Corden | Beacon Theatre | 8.7[11]
71st | June 11, 2017 | Dear Evan Hansen | Oslo | Kevin Spacey | Radio City Music Hall | 6.0[12]
72nd | June 10, 2018 | The Band's Visit | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban | 6.3[13]
73rd | June 9, 2019 | Hadestown | The Ferryman | James Corden | 5.4[14]
74th | September 26, 2021 | Moulin Rouge! | The Inheritance | Audra McDonald (ceremony)
Leslie Odom Jr. (Broadway's Back!) | Winter Garden Theatre | CBS/Paramount+ | 2.8[15]
75th | June 12, 2022 | A Strange Loop | The Lehman Trilogy | Ariana DeBose | Radio City Music Hall | 3.9
76th | June 11, 2023 | Kimberly Akimbo | Leopoldstadt | United Palace | 4.3
77th | June 16, 2024 | The Outsiders | Stereophonic | David H. Koch Theater | 3.5
78th | June 8, 2025 | Maybe Happy Ending | Purpose | Cynthia Erivo | Radio City Music Hall | 4.9

## Multiple ceremonies hosted

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The following individuals have hosted (or co-hosted) the Tony Awards ceremony on two or more occasions.

Host  | Number of Ceremonies

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Angela Lansbury | 5
Neil Patrick Harris | 4
Hugh Jackman
Nathan Lane
Robert Preston
Julie Andrews | 3
Bud Collyer
Ariana DeBose
Rosie O'Donnell
James Sauter
Eddie Albert | 2
Richard Burton
Glenn Close
James Corden
Henry Fonda
Helen Hayes
Gregory Hines
Brock Pemberton
Bernadette Peters
Peter Ustinov

## See also

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* Broadway theatre
* Drama Desk Award
* Outer Critics Circle Awards
* Laurence Olivier Awards
* Timeline of New York City
* List of the longest-running Broadway shows
* List of the longest-running West End shows

## References

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1. ^ American Theatre Wing. "2014 Rules for use of Tony Awards trademarks" tonyawards.com, Apr 8, 2017
2. ^ Gans, Andrew (December 18, 2007). "League of American Theatres and Producers Announces Name Change" Archived February 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Playbill. Retrieved September 13, 2013. The League of American Theatres and Producers was renamed "The Broadway League".
3. ^ Staff (undated). "Who's Who". tonyawards.com. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Porter, Rick (June 13, 2010). "Tony Awards Ratings History". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 16, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (June 14, 2010). "RATINGS RAT RACE: NBA Finals Continue To Rule While Tony Awards Slip A Notch". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
6. ^ Ng, David (June 13, 2011). "CBS sees slight drop in overall Tony Awards viewers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
7. ^ Ng, Philiana (June 11, 2012). "TV Ratings: Neil Patrick Harris-Hosted Tony Awards Drops From 2011". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
8. ^ Kissell, Rick (June 10, 2013). "Tonys on CBS Above 7 Million for First Time in Four Years". Variety. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
9. ^ Kennedy, Mark (June 9, 2014). "Tony Awards take a dip in the ratings for CBS". USA Today. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
10. ^ Magilo, Tony (June 8, 2015). "Ratings: Tony Awards Crash to New Low Versus Soaring NBA Finals". TheWrap. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
11. ^ Koblin, John (June 13, 2016). "Tonys Draw Almost 9 Million Viewers to CBS". The New York Times. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
12. ^ Otterson, Joe (June 12, 2017). "TV Ratings: Tony Awards Tumble Without 'Hamilton'". Variety. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
13. ^ Michael O'Connell (June 11, 2018). "TV Ratings: 2018 Tonys Hold, Assisting Strong CBS Sunday". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
14. ^ Patten, Dominic (June 10, 2019). "Tony Awards Ratings Stumble As Stanley Cup Scores For NBC & Boston Bruins". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
15. ^ Porter, Rick (September 27, 2021). "TV Ratings: CBS' 'Broadway's Back' Tony Awards Special Struggles". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 27, 2021.

## External links

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