The 2022 Tony Awards take place on June 12 — here's how to watch Broadway's biggest night

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Host James Corden, center, is joined by casts of nominated musicals as he performs at the 73rd annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 9, 2019, in New York.

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• The Tony Awards will honor the best of Broadway from 2021 and 2022.
• The awards will be broadcast live coast-to-coast on June 12 beginning at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
• You can watch both parts of the ceremony live on Paramount Plus.

The 75th annual Tony Awards will recognize Broadway's best shows that opened between early March 2020 and May 4, 2022. The show will be broadcast live coast-to-coast on June 12 on CBS and Paramount Plus.

This year's Tonys will air in two "acts." "The Tony Awards: Act One" kicks off at 7 p.m. ET exclusively on Paramount Plus. This first hour, hosted by Darren Criss and Julianne Hough, will see several awards given out plus a few performances. 

The second part, a three-hour broadcast on CBS and Paramount Plus, will be hosted by Ariana DeBose, a Tony nominee who recently won an Oscar for her performance in 2021's "West Side Story." 

The Tonys will return to a full-scale ceremony at Radio City Music Hall this year following September's scaled-down ceremony. 

"A Strange Loop" leads the pack this year with 11 nominations, making history with L. Morgan Lee's nomination for best featured actress in a musical, the first transgender performer to be nominated. In the play categories, "The Lehman Trilogy" leads with eight nominations. 

Announced celebrity presenters include Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Bryan Cranston, Samuel L. Jackson, and Jennifer Hudson. Angela Lansbury will be honored during the event with a lifetime achievement Tony. The broadcast will also feature performances from eight of the best musical and best musical revival nominees. 

How to watch the Tony Awards 

You can watch "The Tony Awards: Act One" and the 2022 Tonys live June 12 on Paramount Plus. The first portion will begin streaming at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT before the ceremony kicks off at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.  

Additionally, you'll be able to watch the Tony Awards live on CBS or through the CBS app with your cable TV information beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

Paramount Plus offers two subscription plans: Essential and Premium. The Essential plan costs $5 a month and gives you access to their entire streaming library with ads, plus select NFL on CBS games live. Upgrading to Premium will cost you $10 a month, but the plan is ad-free and you'll be able to watch your local CBS station live.

Paramount Plus Essential Monthly Plan (ad-supported)

$4.99 FROM PARAMOUNT

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Paramount Plus is available on most major connected devices including iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, streaming media players like Roku, and smart TVs from most major brands. 

Can I watch the Tony Awards for free?

Yes, Paramount Plus offers a week-long free trial of their Essential and Premium plans to new subscribers, so if you sign up for either on or before June 12, you'll be able to watch both parts of this year's Tony Awards for free. Just be sure to cancel your trial before it's up to avoid getting charged. 

Paramount Plus Premium Monthly Plan (ad-free)

$9.99 FROM PARAMOUNT

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What musicals and plays are nominated for Tonys this year? 

This year's Tonys race includes one full Broadway season (which typically runs from May to the following April) worth of shows, plus a few productions that couldn't formally open before the Covid-19 shut-downs. A total of 29 shows received nominations, but only 19 of them are up for one of the night's four top prizes. 

Below, we rounded up nominees for the best musical and play categories, plus the two best revival awards.

Best musical

Jaquel Spivey (center) and the cast of "A Strange Loop."

Marc J. Franklin/Page 73 Productions, Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company, Playwrights Horizons

• "Girl From the North Country" — listen on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music Unlimited
• "MJ"
• "Mr. Saturday Night" — listen on Apple Music, Amazon Music Unlimited
• "Paradise Square"
• "SIX: The Musical" — listen on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music Unlimited
• "A Strange Loop"  — listen on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music Unlimited

Best play

Adam Godley, Simon Russell Beale, and Adrian Lester in "The Lehman Trilogy."

Julieta Cervantes/National Theater

• "Clyde's"
• "Hangmen"
• "The Lehman Trilogy" 
• "The Minutes"
• "Skeleton Crew"

Best revival of a play

Patti LuPone and Katrina Lenk in "Company."

Matthew Murphy/Elliott & Harper Productions, The Shubert Organization

• "Caroline, or Change" —  listen on Spotify, Apple Music
• "Company"  —  listen on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music
• "The Music Man" — listen on Spotify, Apple Music (note: this is the original cast recording)

Best revival of a play

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams in "Take Me Out."

Joan Marcus/Second Stage Theater

• "American Buffalo"
• "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf"
• "How I Learned to Drive"
• "Take Me Out"
• "Trouble in Mind"

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