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Pink to Host 2026 Tony Awards, Lead Chicago Medley

6/4/2026

Summary

Pink Hosts Tony

Pink will host the 2026 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7 at Radio City Music Hall, on CBS and Paramount+.
She asked her 15-year-old daughter Willow Sage Hart for permission before accepting the role.
Pink will perform a Chicago medley with Queen Latifah and Jesse Tyler Ferguson as part of the 30th-anniversary celebration.
The opening number will feature about 170 performers for roughly seven-and-a-half minutes, with acrobatic moments and costume changes.

Summary

Pink on Tony

Tony Award Productions, a venture of the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, will produce the 2026 ceremony.
Executive producers Sussman, Kapoor and Levine Hall also serve as co-showrunners, shaping the broadcast.
Pink said she has no new music releases and is focusing on motherhood and personal songwriting.
She credited Whitney Houston for inspiring her voice lessons and noted that classical training led to roles in Phantom and Les Misérables.

History

Historical Context

Named for actress Antoinette Perry, the Tonys began on April 6 1947 and have aired on network TV since 1967. After David Letterman hosted the 1995 ceremony—a shift toward late-night personalities—the awards have repeatedly used pop icons to lift ratings, a strategy echoed in 2026 when Pink joins Queen Latifah and Jesse Tyler Ferguson as co-hosts.

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Pink Hosts Tony

Pink will host the 2026 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7 at Radio City Music Hall, on CBS and Paramount+.
She asked her 15-year-old daughter Willow Sage Hart for permission before accepting the role.
Pink will perform a Chicago medley with Queen Latifah and Jesse Tyler Ferguson as part of the 30th-anniversary celebration.
The opening number will feature about 170 performers for roughly seven-and-a-half minutes, with acrobatic moments and costume changes.

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