P!NK to host Tonys

P!NK will host the 79th Tony Awards on June 7, 2026, giving Broadway’s biggest night a first-time emcee from arena pop. (tonyawards.com) Tony Award Productions announced the booking on April 9 and said the ceremony will air live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS and Paramount+. The Tony Awards calendar sets the eligibility cutoff for April 26 and the nominations announcement for May 5. (tonyawards.com 1) (tonyawards.com 2) Two days later, P!NK posted a video from the curtain call of *The Great Gatsby* at the Broadway Theatre, joking that she had now “technically” been on Broadway before hosting the show. BroadwayWorld reported the clip on April 11. (broadwayworld.com) The choice lands in a season when Broadway has leaned hard on names with reach beyond theater, including film and television performers and now a three-time Grammy winner as host. Deadline called P!NK a surprising pick precisely because she has never appeared in a Broadway production. (deadline.com) This year’s awards race is also forming while London’s Olivier Awards feed new momentum into New York. BroadwayWorld reported on April 11 that the 2025-26 Broadway season already includes Olivier-winning or Olivier-nominated titles and artists moving from the West End to Broadway. (broadwayworld.com) Among the London-to-New York transfers already in motion, Adrien Brody’s *The Fear of 13* opens at the James Earl Jones Theatre on April 15 after a sold-out London run that brought him an Olivier nomination. Playbill also reported that Brody and Tessa Thompson are making their Broadway debuts in the production. (playbill.com) The Olivier Awards themselves hit a milestone on April 12, 2026: the 50th anniversary ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall, hosted by Nick Mohammed. Official London Theatre said nominations were announced on March 5, with *Paddington The Musical* and *Into the Woods* leading the field with 11 each. (officiallondontheatre.com) (whatsonstage.com) The nominee list also showed how much screen fame is circulating through stage awards this spring, with Cate Blanchett, Bryan Cranston and Sean Hayes among the acting contenders. Reporting ahead of the ceremony also highlighted nominated productions including *Evita*, *The Producers* and *Good Night, Oscar*. (yakimaherald.com) (officiallondontheatre.com) For the Tonys, the next dates are fixed: nominations on May 5 and the ceremony on June 7. By then, Broadway will know whether a season shaped by pop-star hosting and West End imports turns into a different kind of Tony race. (tonyawards.com)