Theater How to watch the 2023 Tony Awards and live pre-show (It's not as simple as you'd hope) Julianne Hough and Skylar Astin host The Tony Awards: Act One on Pluto TV before the 76th annual Tony Awards airs on Paramount+ and CBS. By Patrick Gomez Patrick Gomez Patrick Gomez is an Executive Editor at Entertainment Weekly. Formerly at People magazine and The A.V. Club, the Critics Choice and Television Critics Association member has appeared on 'Today,' 'Extra!,' 'Access Hollywood,' 'E! News,' 'CNN,' and 'Nightline,' and can be seen frequently on 'Good Morning America.' Follow the Texas Native at @PatrickGomezLA wherever your media is social for all things 'For All Mankind' 'Top Chef,' and puppy related. EW's editorial guidelines Published on June 11, 2023 03:37PM EDT Sunday is Broadway's biggest night — but if you're hoping to watch the entire celebration, it won't be as simple as turning to CBS. The 76th annual Tony Awards will kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT with new Dancing with the Stars host Julianne Hough and So Help Me Todd star Skylar Astin hosting The Tony Awards: Act One airing on Pluto TV. "What's Pluto TV?" you may be asking. Well, it's a free ad-supported TV service operated by Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS) and you can actually access it quite easily... though, again, watching Act One won't be so simple. If you have a smart TV, you can download the Pluto TV app (or it may have come automatically installed) and then navigate to the "Reality" tab and search for the "Celebrity" channel. Or you can watch it through your web browser by going to pluto.tv and navigating to that same channel. (For convenience, we've done that work for you and you can just watch Act One at this link.) Act One is a 90-minute telecast, during which the trophies for some categories — including score, design, and orchestration — will be awarded. Snippets of those acceptance speeches will be shown during the official 76th annual Tony Awards, which begins at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Paramount+ and CBS. (So much easier!) That three-hour portion of the ceremony will be hosted by Ariana DeBose and feature performances by the casts of nominated best musicals and revivals, including Camelot; Into The Woods, & Juliet; Kimberly Akimbo; New York, New York; Parade; Shucked; Some Like It Hot and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Adrianna Hicks, Josh Groban, and Alex Newell. Marc J. Franklin; Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman (2) In addition, the show will feature performances from 2022 Tony winner Joaquina Kalukango, the cast of Neil Diamond musical A Beautiful Noise, Lea Michele and the cast of Funny Girl, and a special performance for the Tony Award for the 2023 Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre recipients, Joel Grey and John Kander. To keep up with the events of the evening, EW will be updating our 2023 Tony Award winners list live throughout the night. Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. Related content: Josh Groban, Amber Ruffin, Arian Moayed, and other Tony nominees on gendered categories, Sondheim, and more 2023 Tony Award nominations announced: See the full list Songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman share untold stories from Sister Act, Hairspray, Smash, and more