Read the Lyrics to the Tony Awards Opening Number

P!nk, the host of the Tony Awards, opened the ceremony with the song “Leading Lady Marmalade,” a rewrite of “Lady Marmalade.” Read the complete lyrics below.

P!nk as Peter Pan:
I’M FLYING, FLYING, FLYING, FLYING!
LOOK AT ME, WAY UP HIGH
SUDDENLY HERE AM I
I’M—

NPH enters and stops the orchestra.

NPH: Hey, girl. What are you doing?

NPH: (to audience) Hi. It’s been a minute. (back to PINK) Yeah so what’s happening here?

P!NK: I’m the host. I’m doing the big, Tonys opening number!

NPH: Haven’t you heard? The flying twinks are all vampires now.

P!NK: I just wanna show how much I love theater even though I’ve never been on Broadway.

NPH: But you’re PINK, you can do anything.

P!NK: But I’m worried some people will wonder why Pink is hosting the Tonys. I just want to make sure everyone knows I’m thrilled to be here and I want my opener to be as “Broadway” as possible.

NPH: And so you went with Peter Pan?

P!NK: OK what about this?
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA IS–

NPH: Nope.

P!NK: What about–
ON MY OWN

NPH: No.

P!NK PICKS NPH UP WITH HER FEET

P!NK: I know, how about this? *defying gravity riff*

NPH: No. Put me down. Witch, please. Listen. You’re P!NK, you’re singular, you’re the best! And so is Broadway! Just do what you do and it’s going to be a great night. Now go change into something more…P!NK-like—and let’s get started!

P!NK: You’re right Neil. I’ve got this!

P!NK scurries off to change.

NPH: Yes! Go be the leading lady we all want you to be! I believe in you! (straight to camera) She’s gonna need some help…

DEBORAH COX (as Molly Brown): HEY SISTER, GO SISTER, SOUL SISTER, FLOW SISTER.

ANN HARADA (as Florence Menlove): HEY SISTER, GO SISTER, SOUL SISTER, GO SISTER.

SHAINA TAUB (as Emma Goldman): HEY SISTER, GO SISTER.

SHAINA/DEB/ANN: SOUL SISTER, FLOW SISTER…

12 DANCERS + SHAINA/DEB/ANN:
HEY SISTA, GO SISTA, SOUL SISTA, FLOW SISTA
HEY SISTA, GO SISTA, SOUL SISTA, GO SISTA
HEY SISTA, GO SISTA, SOUL SISTA, FLOW
HERE’S YOUR LEADING LADY MARMALADE…

P!NK: IT’S THE LEADING LADY MARMALADE!

Hello Radio City….how you feeling’?!

This is how P!NK hosts the Tony Awards!
WE LOVE WHEN A DIVA LIGHTS UP OLD BROADWAY
STRUTTIN’ HER STUFF WITH SOME STYLE
SO…“HELLO HEY SHO–YOU WANNA GIVE IT A GO?”

SHOSHANA BEAN: TONYS, WE’RE ABOUT TO GET WILD!

P!NK: DON’TCHU WORRY THERE’S MORE LEADING LADIES IN STORE

MARLA MINDELLE (as Celine): CELINE’S GONNA BELT ON A BOAT (OH YEAH)

P!NK: WE’LL HAVE GLAMOUR AND GLITZ

CHRISTIANI PITTS: AND CHRISTIANI PITTS!

P!NK/SHOSHANA/MARLA/CHRISTIANI: SO DON’TCHA DON’TCHA TOUCH THAT REMOTE!

P!NK/SHOSHANA/MARLA/CHRISTIANI + 12 DANCERS:
GITCHIE, GITCHIE, LESLIE MANVILLE
GITCHIE, GITCHIE, CARRIE COON

P!NK: PHENOMENAL NOMS FILL YOUR PLAYBILL

P!NK/SHOSHANA/MARLA/CHRISTIANI + 12 DANCERS: IT’S GIVING LEADING LADY MARMALADE

MARLA MINDELLE (as Celine): Shall we go for it?!!!

P!NK/SHO/MARLA/CHRISTIANI + 12 DANCERS:
LIBERATION PROOF BECKY SHAW, CE SOIR
ROSE BYRNE AND KELLI O’HARA
HALF THESE NOMS HAVE PLAYED ELPHABA, CE SOIR

WHITNEY LEAVITT: LET’S DANCE LIKE TIKTOK MOMS FROM UTAH

P!NK: STEPHANIE HSU, RACHEL DRATCH, WHAT A MATCH, STEALING SCENES
NICHELLE AND CAISSIE BROUGHT “RAG” BACK ON THE BOARDS

HANNAH CRUZ: SOME LEADING LADIES ARE REIGNING AS TRUE CHESS QUEENS

LEA MICHELE (suddenly appearing): AND WE DON’T DO IT FOR THE AWARDS!

P!NK/HANNAH/LEA + 12 DANCERS: GITCHIE, GITCHIE, BETSY AIDEM
SQUIBBY SQUIBBY SQUIBBY JUNE

JUNE SQUIBB: ALL THE PARTS I PLAYED—I SLAYED EM

PINK/HANNAH/LEA + 12 DANCERS:
LEADING LADY MARMA
+ RAGTIME ENSEMBLE:
LA LA LA LA LA

LITTLE BOY: In 2026, the Tony Awards were hosted south of New Rochelle, at the corner of 50th street and the Avenue of the Americas.

12 DANCERS + RAGTIME ENSEMBLE: LA LA LA LA LA

LITTLE BOY: The lyrics to Lady Marmalade were rewritten for the occasion, for Pink was hosting. And it was determined the rhythm and poetry portion of the song would be performed by Megan, a Stallion from Thee…

Megan Thee Stallion enters carried by two hunks.

MEGAN THEE STALLION: The theater is Mother’s domain!

They put her down.

MEGAN: Thanks gentleman. I don’t know those guys. They were just two strangers carrying some CAKE.

WE COME THROUGH WITH A BOLD SET OF NOMINEES
FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD DEUTERONOMIES
TONIGHT WE’RE RIGHT WHERE WE WANNA BE
CELEBRATE COMMUNITY IN THIS ECONOMY
‘CAUSE WHETHER YOU WIN OR WHETHER YOU LOSE
WE’RE ALL BADASS CHICKS FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE!

MEGAN / CHASITY MOORE: WE PROVED REVIVALS AIN’T RELICS AT ALL

ROCKY HORROR ENSEMBLE: ROCKY HORROR PSYCHEDELICS

CATS ENSEMBLE: AND THE JELLICLE BALL

P!NK: WE GOT HIGH WIRE VAMPIRES

P!NK + LOST BOYS: GLAM GOTH EVIL

P!NK: LOST BOYS IN HARNESSES

ALI: AND NOT AT THE EAGLE

P!NK: JACK AND ROSE FROZE BUT THEY’RE SINGIN’ THE HITS
ON THE TITANIQUE

+ TITANIQUE CAST MEMBERS: AS THE ICEBERG SPLITS

P!NK: SUSANNAH FLOOD IN A MEMORY PLAY
MARYLOUISE AND THE

+ 12 DANCERS: H! O! A!

P!NK: SOME SHOWS WE WERE STOIC IN, SOME WE WERE FLASHY IN
GOT AYA CASH AND A DASH OF KARDASHIAN
JOE TURNER’S GONE BUT TARAJI’S HERE
MINDELLE, GRIZABELLA IT’S A HELLUVA YEAR!

Sara Chase enters in her Schmigadoon backpack.

SARA CHASE: Whoa. Am I in a musical??

EVERYONE: Yeah!

SARA: What is Pink doing here?

P!NK: DANCING, SINGING, HOPE PRODUCERS NOTICE!

SARA: I HEAR THEY ONLY CAST YOU IF YOU’RE ON WHITE LOTUS…

P!NK: Not tonight! Tonight you’re a leading lady!

SARA: I am?

P!NK: You’re Sara Chase! You and your co-star Ana Gasteyer are nominated for Tony Awards!

SARA: We are!? I am?!
I’M IN THE LEADING LADY MARMALADE!

P!NK/SARA: THE LEADING LADY MARMALADE!

BRYCE PINKHAM/NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER/RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON/ANDRE DE SHIELDS:
HEY SISTERS, SOUL SISTERS
DON’T FORGET YOUR BROS, SISTERS

LEIOMY MALDONADO & DYLAN MULVANEY: HEY SISTERS, ALL SISTERS
PROTECT THE DOLLS, SISTERS

12 DANCERS + SCHMIGADOON, RAGTIME & CATS ENSEMBLES:
MORE (MORE) MORE (MORE)
ALECIA MOORE! (MOORE) MOORE! (MOORE)

P!NK + 12 DANCERS: GITCHIE GITCHIE LAURIE METCALF
SCHMIGA SCHMIGA DOON DOON DOON (DOON DOON, YEAH)
DANNY RADDY CLIFFE AND RIFF RAFF
LEADING LADY MARMA—

NPH (with PADDINGTON BEAR): MAR, MAR MAR MAR MAR, MAR MAR MAR MARMALADE!

P!NK: No! Maybe next season…

A quieter moment—

P!NK: STANDING ON STAGE AT THE TONY AWARDS
TEN-YEAR-OLD ME IS LIKE, OH MY GOD.
THIS AIN’T CHATGPT, THIS AIN’T CLAUDE
THIS IS LIVE! SO I HOPE YOU APPLAUD…
FOR THIS CAST, THE WHOLE TEAM
EVERY KID WITH A DREAM
EVERY LEADING LADY MARMALADE!

P!NK DANCERS + SCHMIG/RAG/CATS/LB ENSEMBLES:
ONSTAGE OR BACKSTAGE OR USHERS ON CALL
YOU’RE PART OF THIS ART WE ADORE
WHETHER YOU’RE RUNNING FOR YEARS
OR YOU CLOSED IN THE FALL
OR YOU’RE BUSTING YOUR BUTT ON TOUR!

DANCERS:
AH (ON CALL)
AH (HEY)
WHETHER YOU’RE RUNNING FOR YEARS
OR YOU CLOSED IN THE FALL
(TOUR)

+ LEADING LADY SOLOISTS/2STRANGERS/ROCKY/TITAN: TOUR! (TOUR)

+ NPH/SOUL SISTERS/DOLLS/MEGAN: TOUR!

ALL:
IT’S BROADWAY’S BIGGEST NIGHT YES MAMA, C’EST SOIR
BRING YOUR KIDS AND MOTHER-IN-LAW
MAYBE NEXT YEAR THEY’LL GET LADY GAGA, C’EST SOIR
IT’S THE LEADING LADY MARMALADE
WELCOME TO THE TONY AWARDS!!!!