The stars are out! The 2022 Tony Awards red carpet was a celebration of style after a few rough years for the Broadway community.
Actors, singers and more lined up outside Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, June 9, posing for photo ops before heading to the awards ceremony. Instead of costumes and stage make-up, those in attendance wore red carpet dignified dresses, tuxedos and fashionable ensembles.
The 75th annual Tony Awards will return to their usual June slot after being held in September 2021 due to coronavirus delays. Last year host and Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. stunned in a white Celine suit before joining Broadway legend Audra McDonald to receive the 2021 awards.
Sunday’s event is hosted by Ariana DeBosewho won the prize circuit this year for her performance as Anita in Steven Spielberg‘s West Side Story† Before it appeared on the big screen, So you think you can dance alum got applause on stage in Bring it on: The Musical, Motown: The Musical, A Bronx Tale, Hamilton and Summer: the Donna Summer Musical.
“We are going to have a lot of fun. I try to keep it light-hearted, keep it cheerful, say something we might need to hear. But we’re celebrating,” the Oscar winner told the Associated Press a few days before the awards ceremony. “It feels great. I am, in the words of Stephen Sondheim, ‘excited and scared’.”
DeBose teased that she had “a lot of stuff” [her] sleeve” for the live event, telling CBS Mornings a week before the Tonys, she wanted to celebrate everyone involved in putting on a Broadway show—from the understudies to the bands.
“It’s from a real, real place because the reality is that these are the people who have kept Broadway alive and it’s not just swings and understudies. They’re also dance captains, collaborators, stage managers. Everyone in the pit,” explained them out.
The nominations were announced in May, with both stage and screen stars recognized for their work. Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster are up for individual trophies for their performances in the revival of the music manwhile Sam Rockwell and Uzo Aduba received nominations for their roles in their respective Broadway plays, american buffalo and from Clyde.
In addition to this year’s nominees, a wide variety of A-listers will take the stage to present the awards, from Bowen Yang and Lin-Manuel Miranda until Vanessa Hudgens and Cynthia Erivo†
Scroll down to see the most daring and dazzling looks from the Tony Awards 2022 red carpet: