It’s the Tony’s! Get the rundown on the performers, presenters and planned performances for the 2021 Tony Awards.<\/b>
\nTony Awards\t The 2021 Tony Awards airs on September 26,2021. It\u2019s the Tony\u2019s! Get the rundown on the performers, presenters and planned performances for the 2021 Tony Awards. Read on below for the rundown on the stars and performers appearing at the annual event. A post shared by The Tony Awards (@thetonyawards) According to Newsweek, the list of performers and presenters is combined into one. They include, \u201cJon Batiste, Stephanie J. Block, Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess, Darren Criss, Robbie Fairchild, Beanie Feldstein, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jordan Fisher, Santino Fontana, Andrew Garfield, Jared Grimes, Josh Groban, Jennifer Holliday, Nikki M. James, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ron Cephas Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Norm Lewis, John Lithgow, Lindsay Mendez, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jennifer Nettles, Lynn Nottage, Adam Pascal, Bernadette Peters, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Andrew Rannells, Anthony Rapp, Anika Noni Rose, Lea Salonga, Ali Stroker, Black Thought, Courtney B. Vance, Daniel J. Watts, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Kristin Chenoweth, Andr\u00e9 De Shields, Jake Gyllenhaal, Idina Menzel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Annaleigh Ashford, Kerry Butler, Christopher Jackson, Ruthie Ann Miles, Bebe Neuwirth, Leslie Odom, Jr., Kelli O\u2019Hara, Ben Platt, Jeremy Pope, Chita Rivera, Daphne Rubin-Vega and BD Wong.\u201d The Tony Awards has reported that, \u201cJames Monroe Iglehart, Christopher Jackson, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Wayne Brady, Anthony Veneziale, Chris Sullivan, Kiala Mullady, Aneesa Folds, Bill Sherman, Arthur Lewis, Tarik Davis, Andrew Bancroft, Ashley P. Flanagan, and Ian Weinberger\u201d are also all set to perform at the show. Expected performances include David Byrne for American Utopia, John Legend with the cast of Ain\u2019t Too Proud, Lin-Manuel Mirand\u2019s Freestyle Love Supreme and the former cast of Hairspray. Marissa Jaret Winokur, Matthew Morrison, Chester Gregory, Kerry Butler, and Darlene Love are slated to reunite for the Hairspray gathering. Cheat Sheet has also reported that Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth will perform together, with a song from Wicked. Aura McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell will also team up, for a performance from the show Ragtime. Cheat Sheet stated that some of the performances that were filmed prior to the live show. Jagged Little Pill, Moulin Rouge!, and Tina \u2013 The Tina Turner Musical will have performances included in the show, but they were previously filmed. A post shared by The Tony Awards (@thetonyawards) Leslie Odom Jr. is the host of the 2021 Tony Awards, live from the Winter Garden Theatre. What channel is the show airing on TV? The 2021 Tonys are set to air from 8:59 p.m. \u2013 11:01 p.m. ET, on the CBS network. Usually, the Tony Awards are held in June each year, but the event was postponed due to COVID-19, according to Playbill. The full show will be a four-hour event that airs on both the CBS network and Paramount +, according to the Tonys. Aura McDonald will host the Paramount+ broadcast from 7 \u2013 9 p.m. ET and it will focus on the awards themselves. Odom will host \u201cThe Tony Awards Presents: Broadway\u2019s Back!\u201d The major honors being awarded tonight, as reported by Playbill, include the Lifetime Achievement Award to Graciela Daniele, Isabelle Stevenson Award to Julie Halston, along with Special Tony honorees including David Byrne\u2019s American Utopia, Freestyle Love Supreme, and the Broadway Advocacy Coalition. There are also Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre recipients Irene Gandy, Beverly Jenkins, and PRG Scenic Technologies President Fred Gallo.<\/p>\n