The Tony Award nominations are out and it'll be interesting to see if the June 12 telecast gets more viewers than usual. Two people that most Americans have actually heard of are competing for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical — Hugh Jackman for The Music Man and Billy Crystal for Mr. Saturday Night.
Having not been within 2,820 miles of Times Square in the last few years, I of course have seen none of the nominated shows — or even the non-nominated shows — so I have no rooting interest here or predictions. It'll be nice though to see the scenes from all those productions and maybe it'll even entice me to get on a plane in the next year or three. The award ceremony will apparently be available live to anyone, no matter where they reside, if they have some upper-tier subscription to Paramount+…which I don't.
Paramount+ will also offer an exclusive hour of I-don't-know-what before the three-hour ceremony on CBS…so that will make for a four-hour broadcast. Or five if Billy Crystal gets to give an acceptance speech.