The 79th Tony Awards land on Sunday 7 June 2026, live from Radio City Music Hall in New York, with Grammy winner Pink hosting and a broadcast on CBS that streams on Paramount+. The nominations, announced on 5 May, are led by two new musicals, The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon!, on twelve nods each, with Lincoln Center Theater's Ragtime close behind on eleven and a fiercely competitive revival field.
From where we sit, selling theatre tickets every day, one throughline jumps out before any envelope is opened. This is a remarkable year for British theatre on Broadway. By our count, at least a dozen of this season's nominees either began life on a London stage or put a British name on the ballot, from a homegrown musical that started in a north London studio to a Roald Dahl drama born at the Royal Court. Below is the full picture, who we think wins the big prizes, how to watch from the UK, and how to book the nominees themselves, on Broadway and in the West End, through tickadoo.
The 2026 Tony Awards in 30 seconds. The 79th Tony Awards air on Sunday 7 June 2026 from Radio City Music Hall, hosted by Pink, on CBS and Paramount+. The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! lead with twelve nominations each, ahead of Ragtime on eleven. In the UK the ceremony begins at 1am BST in the small hours of Monday 8 June, and you can stream it on Paramount+, which operates here. Many of the nominees are bookable on Broadway through tickadoo right now, and a clutch of Tony winners are on stage in London's West End too.
The 2026 nominations at a glance
It is a wide-open year. No single juggernaut has swept the board, which makes for one of the more unpredictable nights in recent memory. The two front-of-pack musicals could hardly be more different, one a vampire rock musical, the other a screen-to-stage comedy, and the revival categories are stacked with starry, critically adored productions.
| Category | Nominees |
|---|---|
| Best Musical | The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon!, Titanique, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) |
| Best Play | The Balusters, Giant, Liberation, Little Bear Ridge Road |
| Best Revival of a Musical | Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Ragtime, Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show |
| Best Revival of a Play | Becky Shaw, Death of a Salesman, Every Brilliant Thing, Fallen Angels, Oedipus |
| Most nominations | The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! (12 each), Ragtime (11), Death of a Salesman (9) |
Death of a Salesman, the Arthur Miller revival starring Nathan Lane, is the most-nominated play of the season on nine nods, level with the revivals Cats: The Jellicle Ball and The Rocky Horror Show. That trio alone tells you how strong the revival slate is this year.
Britain's big night on Broadway
If you follow the West End, this nominations list reads like a class reunion. The clearest example is in the Best Musical race itself. Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) is a two-hander that started at the Kiln Theatre in north London before a West End run at the Criterion, and it has carried its bittersweet charm all the way to a Broadway nomination at the Longacre Theatre. Its leading man, Sam Tutty, the Olivier-winning original star of Dear Evan Hansen in London, picks up a Best Actor in a Musical nod.
The straight-play categories are just as British. Giant, Mark Rosenblatt's gripping drama about Roald Dahl, began at the Royal Court and transferred to the West End before Broadway, with John Lithgow nominated for his performance as Dahl and Nicholas Hytner up for direction. Daniel Radcliffe earns a Best Actor nomination for the one-man play Every Brilliant Thing, now at the Hudson Theatre. Robert Icke's stark, much-talked-about Oedipus, which ran at Wyndham's Theatre with Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, brings both leads onto the ballot, and Noel Coward's Fallen Angels adds another homegrown title to the revival list.
British craft and talent thread through the musical races too. Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats returns in a radically reinvented production, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, with Layton Williams among its nominees. Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show, a British cult classic, lands nine nominations including a Best Actor in a Musical nod for Luke Evans. It adds up to a year where the British theatre ecosystem, the studios and subsidised houses where these shows are first tested, is impossible to miss on Tony night.
See the 2026 nominees on Broadway
Here is the best part. You do not have to wait for the ceremony to experience the contenders. tickadoo has live availability on a large share of this year's nominees at their Broadway theatres, with the from prices below correct at the time of writing.
Start with the Best Musical race. Titanique, the gloriously silly jukebox comedy that retells the Titanic story through the songs of Celine Dion, is at the St. James Theatre from $153, while the British nominee Two Strangers plays the Longacre from $65.
The revival categories are where the heavyweight booking options sit. Ragtime, the season's most-nominated revival on eleven nods, runs at Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont from $68, one of the best values on this list for a production of its scale.
Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the ballroom-culture reinvention that has become one of the talked-about tickets of the season, is at the Broadhurst from $72.
For the straight plays, Death of a Salesman with Nathan Lane is at the Winter Garden from $100, Best Play nominee Giant is at the Music Box from $98, fellow Best Play nominee The Balusters is at the Samuel J. Friedman from $57, Daniel Radcliffe's Every Brilliant Thing is at the Hudson from $175, and the ABBA-scored revival Chess is at the Imperial from $66.
Several more nominees are bookable too. The design-nominated Dog Day Afternoon is at the August Wilson from $187, the Best Original Score contender August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone is at the Barrymore from $55, and the craft-nominated The Fear of 13 plays the James Earl Jones from $59.
Prefer the West End? Tony shows in London
You do not need a flight to Manhattan to feel the Tony glow. A deep bench of Tony winners and nominees is on stage in London right now, all bookable with tickadoo, with the from prices below in pounds. The current Best Musical nominee Titanique also plays the Criterion Theatre in London from £29.69. For bona fide Tony royalty, Hadestown won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical and now has a West End home from £31.25, while Hamilton, winner of eleven Tonys in 2016, plays from £25. Moulin Rouge! The Musical, the Best Musical winner of 2021, plays from £26.46, the Tony-decorated Kit Kat Club staging of Cabaret from £42.69, and the British-born phenomenon Six, a Tony winner in New York, from £43.13. Add the nine-Tony winner The Book of Mormon from £25, the original Best Musical institution Les Miserables from £31.25, and the six-Tony winner The Lion King from £43.75.
Who will win in 2026?
Best Musical looks like a genuine two-horse race between The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon!, the season's joint most-nominated shows. The Lost Boys has the bigger spectacle and the louder buzz, while Schmigadoon! charms voters with its affectionate send-up of golden-age musicals. Do not entirely discount Titanique, whose word-of-mouth has been ferocious, or Two Strangers, the critics' quiet favourite.
Best Play is shaping up around Giant and Liberation, two of the most acclaimed new dramas of the year. In the acting races, watch the British contingent closely. Daniel Radcliffe is a strong contender in a competitive Best Actor in a Play field that also includes Nathan Lane and John Lithgow, while Lesley Manville's Oedipus has drawn some of the season's best reviews. The revival categories may be the hardest to call of all, with Ragtime, Death of a Salesman, Cats: The Jellicle Ball and The Rocky Horror Show all carrying real momentum. As ever with the Tonys, expect at least one result that nobody saw coming.
How to watch the 2026 Tony Awards in the UK
The main ceremony broadcasts live on CBS in the United States from 8pm Eastern on Sunday 7 June 2026. For UK viewers that means a start time of 1am BST in the early hours of Monday 8 June. The Tonys stream on Paramount+, which is available in the UK, so the most practical option for most people here is to stream it on demand on Paramount+ later on Monday rather than staying up through the night. Keep an eye on the official Tony Awards channels for the pre-show, which traditionally hands out several of the design and craft awards before the televised broadcast begins.
Frequently asked questions
When are the 2026 Tony Awards?
The 79th Tony Awards take place on Sunday 7 June 2026 at Radio City Music Hall in New York, hosted by Pink and broadcast live on CBS with streaming on Paramount+.
Which show has the most 2026 Tony nominations?
The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! lead with twelve nominations each, followed by Ragtime on eleven and the Arthur Miller revival Death of a Salesman on nine.
Can I watch the 2026 Tony Awards in the UK?
Yes. The ceremony streams on Paramount+, which operates in the UK. It airs live at 1am BST on Monday 8 June, and you can also stream it on demand later that day.
Can I book tickets to the 2026 Tony nominees?
Yes. Many of the nominees are on stage on Broadway now and bookable through tickadoo, including Titanique, Two Strangers, Ragtime, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Death of a Salesman, Giant, The Balusters, Every Brilliant Thing and Chess.
Which Tony Award shows can I see in London?
Plenty. The Best Musical nominee Titanique is at the Criterion, and Tony winners including Hadestown, Hamilton, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Cabaret, Six, The Book of Mormon, Les Miserables and The Lion King are all on stage in the West End. You can check live availability and book any of them with tickadoo.
Are any 2026 Tony nominees British?
Many. Two Strangers, Giant, Oedipus, Every Brilliant Thing and Fallen Angels all have British roots, and nominees include Daniel Radcliffe, Lesley Manville, Mark Strong, Luke Evans, Layton Williams and Sam Tutty.
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