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Hamilton & More to Perform at 2016 Tony Awards

June 8th, 2016 | By Imogen Lloyd Webber

Satisfied? There will be ten show-stopping performances at the 2016 Tony Awards! Hosted by Tony winner James Corden, the ceremony is set to broadcast live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City, on CBS, on June 12.

The high-energy evening will feature performances from the 2016 Tony-nominated Best Musical and Best Revival of a Musical shows, including Tony nominees Brandon Victor Dixon and Adrienne Warren and the cast of Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed; Tony nominees Laura Benanti, Zachary Levi and Jane Krakowski and the cast of She Loves Me; Tony nominee Alex Brightman and the cast of School of Rock; Tony nominee Danny Burstein and the cast of Fiddler on the Roof; Tony nominees Danielle Brooks and Cynthia Erivo and the cast of The Color Purple; Tony nominees Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Leslie Odom Jr., Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson and Daveed Diggs and the cast of Hamilton; Tony nominees Sara Bareilles, Christopher Fitzgerald and Jessie Mueller and the cast of Waitress; Tony nominee Carmen Cusack and the cast of Bright Star; and the cast of Spring Awakening.

The telecast is also set to feature a performance by Gloria Estefan and the cast of On Your Feet!

As previously reported, presenters will include Uzo Aduba, Cate Blanchett, Tony Nominee Edie Brickell, Claire Danes, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Neil Patrick Harris, Sean Hayes, James Earl Jones, Daniel Dae Kim, Carole King, Diane Lane, Nathan Lane, Angela Lansbury, Lucy Liu, Tony Nominee Steve Martin, Marlee Matlin, Audra McDonald, Patina Miller, Andrew Rannells, Saoirse Ronan, Barbra Streisand, Blair Underwood and Oprah Winfrey.

 

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