Cynthia Erivo, the Tony Award-winning actress whose Oscar-nominated efficiency within the “Depraved” movie has introduced her large recognition, will host this yr’s Tony Awards.
The American Theater Wing and the Broadway League — the 2 organizations that current the awards — introduced on Wednesday that Erivo would host the ceremony on June 8 at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor. A lot of the occasion will probably be broadcast on CBS.
Erivo, 38, is a British actress who had her breakout function in “The Shade Purple,” starring as Celie in a revival of the musical adaptation of the Alice Walker novel. That manufacturing opened on Broadway in 2015; Erivo’s efficiency was the discuss of the city that season, and he or she received the Tony Award for greatest main actress in 2016.
She pivoted shortly to work in movie and tv, selecting up two Oscar nominations, for greatest main actress and for greatest authentic tune, for the 2019 movie “Harriet,” and this yr she is nominated as greatest main actress for “Depraved,” which is the primary installment of a two-part movie. (The second half, by which Erivo additionally stars, is to be launched in November.) Within the “Depraved” movies, Erivo performs Elphaba, the green-skinned witch whose debatable wickedness is the topic of the story.
Erivo has been busy this yr — ubiquitous as she has promoted “Depraved” along with her co-star Ariana Grande, but additionally pursuing her personal initiatives. On Tuesday, the Hollywood Bowl introduced another: in August Erivo will star as Jesus in a one-weekend revival of the musical “Jesus Christ Famous person.”
The Tony Awards honor performs and musicals staged on Broadway; this yr’s ceremony will take into account exhibits that open between April 26, 2024, and April 27, 2025. This yr’s nominees are to be introduced on Could 1.
