TV special that aired one week before the 2009 Tony Awards, celebrating musicals from that year's season.

Leslie Odom Jr. hosts a celebration of Broadway's highly anticipated return to live theater; performances from "Jagged Little Pill," "Moulin Rouge. The Musical" and "Tina: The Tina Turner Musical."

Emmy Award-winners Darren Criss and Julianne Hough co-hosted The Tony Awards: Act One at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, an hour of exclusive content streaming live only on Paramount+ beginning 60 minutes prior to the live broadcast of the Tony Awards ceremony on CBS. Criss and Hough kicked off the evening celebrating the 2022 Tony Awards, bestowing multiple honors and introducing special performances throughout Act One.

The 76th Annual Tony Awards: Act One Emmy Award winner Julianne Hough and star of CBS’ “So Help Me Todd” Skylar Astin will host The Tony Awards: Act One, a live pre-show with exclusive content that is available to viewers for free on Pluto TV – the leading free, advertiser-supported streaming television service -- beginning Sunday, June 11 at 6:30-8:00 PM, ET/3:30-5:00 PM PT. Hough, star of last season’s hit Broadway play Potus and Astin, who originated the role of ‘Georg’ in the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical Spring Awakening, will kick off Broadway’s biggest night with the presentation of the first round of Tony Awards during the exciting pre-show telecast.

Before the 78th Annual Tony Awards gets underway on the CBS Television Network and Paramount+, with Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award winner and three-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo hosting live from the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York City, First-time Tony Award nominee Darren Criss and Tony and Grammy Award winner Renée Elise Goldsberry are set to host Pluto TV's live pre-show, The Tony Awards: Act One.