Tony Awards Moves Closer To Theater District For 2024, Sets Date & Lincoln Center Venue

The 2024 Tony Awards will broadcast live Sunday, June 16, on CBS from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The event will be the first Tony ceremony in the Upper West Side building’s 50-plus-year history.

The move to the venue on the Lincoln Center campus,, announced today by CBS and the Tony Awards Productions, brings the ceremony considerably closer to New York’s Times Square theater district after last year’s excursion seven miles north to the luxuriously renovated United Palace in upper Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. Lincoln Center, which houses the Vivian Beaumont Theater, a Broadway venue, is just more than a mile north of 42nd Street.

Past Tonys typically have taken place in the Midtown Manhattan area, often at Radio City Music Hall or some of the larger Broadway venues. Last year’s move to Washington Heights was widely interpreted as the industry’s attempt to broaden its scope and appeal beyond the usual mid-town environs.

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The Koch Theater, one of Lincoln Center’s crown jewels, was designed by architect Philip Johnson especially for George Balanchine and New York City Ballet. Originally named the New York State Theater upon its opening in 1964, the venue is home to the New York City Ballet.

The 77th Annual Tony Awards will be broadway live on CBS and stream on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the special airs).

The Tony Awards eligibility cut-off date for the 2023-24 season is Thursday, April 25, for all Broadway productions which meet all eligibility requirements. Nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards will be announced on Tuesday, April 30.

The Tony Awards are produced in collaboration with Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, and White Cherry Entertainment. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss are executive producers for White Cherry Entertainment. Weiss will serve as director.