Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban Will Host the Tony Awards This Year
(© David Gordon)
The Tony Awards has announced that Tony nominees Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban will host the 2018 Tony Awards together from Radio City Music Hall on June 10 on CBS.
Bareilles and Groban starred in Broadway shows last year – Bareilles in her Tony-nominated show Waitress and Groban in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. This will be the first time Bareilles or Groban has hosted the show.
The Tony Awards, which honor theater professionals for distinguished achievement on Broadway, are presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
As previously anounced, Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton) and Katharine McPhee (Waitress) will announce the nominations for this year's Tony Awards.
The official eligibility cutoff date will be Thursday, April 26, for all Broadway productions opening in the 2017-18 season. Productions that meet all other eligibility requirements and open on or before the 26th are considered eligible for 2018 Tony Award nominations.
