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The 79th Annual Tony Awards celebrated the best of Broadway performances on Sunday in New York City, but the night was stolen by a performer who's never starred in a Broadway show at all: the singer-songwriter P!nk.

P!nk, who hosted the evening, started the show dressed like Peter Pan, swinging from the ceiling, but soon donned a pink bustier to sing a raucous version of "Lady Marmalade" that celebrated women in theater. She was joined by Megan Thee Stallion, Broadway stars, and a cast of about 170 others stretching across the huge stage at Radio City Music Hall. That opening number was written by 

's Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, plus Mark Sonnenblick, who wrote songs for 

There was no big winner this year. Instead, awards were spread among several shows — best new musical went to 

, which won four awards; best play revival and direction went to 

Plenty of celebrities showed up to share the stage, including cameos from former hosts Neil Patrick Harris and Ariana DeBose, plus presenters Sting, Paul Rudd, Billy Crystal, Bernadette Peters and Adrien Brody.

Later, P!nk sang "All That Jazz" from the long-running musical 

, along with the current Broadway cast. Other performances that received rapturous receptions from the crowd included 

 cast singing "Time Warp" and a number from 

— a musical that brings Andrew Lloyd Webber's show into the world of drag ballroom. Members of the audience were given branded fans from the production, and they snapped them happily.

The ceremony also offered a few surprises, like best new play going to Bess Wohl's Pulitzer-winning 

about Roald Dahl. Wohl's win was the first by an American woman playwright in 37 years.

The design awards were given out in the pre-show on Pluto TV, which made room for the CBS broadcast to focus primarily on performances of new and longer-running shows. In the pre-show, Qween Jean, who won for best costume design for

 became the first openly transgender woman to win a Tony. In 2023, J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell were the first nonbinary actors to win Tonys.

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

WINNER: Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli and Tye Blue

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York),

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone,

 Music & Lyrics: Jim Barne and Kit Buchan

WINNER: Jen Schriever and Michael Arden, 

Adam Honoré and Donald Holder (Lighting Design) and 59 Studio (Projection Design), 

Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant, 

Ethan Popp, Kyler England, Adrianne "AG" Gonzalez and Gabriel Mann, 

Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Wilson, Trevor Holder and Doug Schadt, 

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The 79th Annual Tony Awards celebrated the best of Broadway performances on Sunday in New York, but the star of the night was singer-songwriter P!nk, who hosted the show.

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