Check out the celebrity fashions from the red carpet at Sunday night’s 71st Annual Tony Awards.
Sunday night’s 71st Annual Tony Awards will offer plenty of gentle wit from first-time host Kevin Spacey. And while it’ll be mostly an elegant affair, some celebrity fashions may kick up the comedy quotient even more.
Professional and amateur critics alike will be looking for the good, the bad and the I-can’t-believe-they-wore-that as celebrities arrive on the red carpet for the awards show, which will be broadcast live at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS from Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Check back here before the show begins for the latest photos and other fashion updates from the red carpet.
Stephanie J. Block SLAYING at the #TonyAwards. pic.twitter.com/F2NeNCblsI
. @nickkroll and @mulaney are looking so sharp on this red carpet! #TonyAwards2017 @Nordstrom pic.twitter.com/Aa49qEV9Ia
Sometimes on the #RedCarpet it isn’t who you’re wearing, but what you’re carrying that counts. #TonyAwards2017 #SupportingCast pic.twitter.com/NXc2sCFUbE
In a three-hour rehearsal Sunday, Spacey danced, sang and joked with grace and self-depreciating wit. He was game enough to start the show gently mocking all four musical nominees and doing his best Glenn Close impersonation.
Those who tune in Sunday night will get to see Spacey do impersonations of former President Bill Clinton, Jack Lemmon and Johnny Carson. His Frank Underwood from « House of Cards » makes a late appearance, and he and Patti LuPone close the show with a lovely duet of « The Curtain Falls » by Bobby Darin, a role he played onscreen.
Other show highlights will be the return of the Rockettes on a Tony stage after 13 years and the decision to have all four playwrights nominated for best play Tonys appear to present their works.
Those watching will see musical numbers from nine new and revival musicals, « Bandstand, » »Come From Away, » »Dear Evan Hansen, » »Falsettos, » »Groundhog Day The Musical, » »Hello, Dolly! » »Miss Saigon, » »Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812″ and « War Paint. »
But one thing they won’t get to hear is Bette Midler sing after talks failed to land the diva, who’s starring in a hit revival of « Hello, Dolly! »
The leading musical Tony nominees are « Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, » with 12 nominations, « Hello, Dolly! » with 10 and « Dear Evan Hansen, » with nine.
The top play nominees are « A Doll’s House, Part 2, » with eight, and « Oslo, » with seven. Last year, all eyes were on how many statuettes « Hamilton » would capture. This year, the awards are expected to be scattered around.
Here is a complete list of nominees.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
