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Darren Criss, a 2025 Tony nominee for his performance in Maybe Happy Ending, and Hamilton Tony winner Ren茅e Elise Goldsberry will host The Tony Awards: Act One, the live pre-show preceding the 78th Annual Tony Awards.

The Tony Awards: Act One will be available to viewers for free on Pluto TV beginning June 8 at 6:40 PM and continuing until 8 PM. Criss and Goldsberry will kick off Broadway's biggest night by presenting the first round of Tony Award winners. Viewers can access this portion of the celebration on their smart TV, streaming device, mobile app, or online by going to and clicking on the 鈥淟ive Music鈥� channel (found within the Entertainment category on the service).

As previously reported, Tony, Emmy, and Grammy winner and Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo will host the 78th Annual Tony Awards live from Radio City Music Hall. The three-hour broadcast will begin at 8 PM ET on CBS and will be available for streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.

Read the complete list of 2025 Tony nominations by clicking here.

Goldsberry's Broadway credits also include Rent, The Color Purple, and The Lion King. On screen, she has starred in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Good Wife, Waves, Altered Carbon, Albany Road, She-Hulk, Girls5eva, and One Life to Live. She made her TV debut as one of Vonda Shepard鈥檚 backup singers across all five seasons of Ally McBeal. Her forthcoming debut album Who I Really Am is due June 6.

Criss made his Broadway debut in 2012 as J. Pierrepont Finch in the revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He has since returned to the Main Stem in Hedwig and the Angry Inch and American Buffalo and was seen Off-Broadway in Little Shop of Horrors. Criss is also celebrated for his TV work, notably as Blaine Anderson in Glee and his Emmy-winning turn as Andrew Cunanan in FX's The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.

The Tony Awards are produced in collaboration with Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, and White Cherry Entertainment. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss are executive producers and showrunners for White Cherry Entertainment. Weiss will serve as director. The show has been broadcast on CBS since 1978.

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