The 77th annual Tony Awards red carpet kicked off on Sunday afternoon at the Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York City, with stars arriving in their most glamorous looks.
Angelina Jolie, 49, looked like a Grecian goddess in a mint green draped gown with a matching wrap, arriving to the Tony Awards with her daughter Vivienne, 15.
Ariana DeBose dazzled on the red carpet in colorful patterned gown that featured cut-out detailing.
Alicia Keys chose a crimson hued sequin gown with matching gloves, looking incredible as she struck an elegant pose on the red carpet.
Angelina looked like a Grecian goddess in the soft green velvet frock, which had a draped neckline with ruching along her slim waist.
The beautiful movie star wore a matching wrap, which she style draped over her arms.
The Oscar winner flashed a delicate tattoo along her chest as she posed up a storm on the red carpet.
Angelina styled her caramel highlighted locks loose around her with minimal makeup, showcasing her stunning natural beauty.
Her daughter Vivienne wore an emerald vest and trousers with a white button-up blouse as she held her mom’s hand on the red carpet.
Angelina will be hitting the stage as she leads the star-studded presenters list.
The 49-year-old A-lister will be the top name bestowing honors on Broadway’s biggest night on Sunday as nominations were announced back in April.
Ariana looked gorgeous in a gown that featured an intricate design that appeared to be inspired by a stained glass window.
The strapless gown had blue, yellow green and black hues with cut-out details throughout.
Elle cut a sleek figure in tailored blazer and matching trousers, opting to go braless and shirtless.
The 26-year-old Maleficent star wore her platinum blonde locks in voluminous waves and with a deep side part.
Elle rounded out her chic red carpet with dark crimson lipstick and a diamond choker.
The event will be hosted by Ariana DeBose who had previously been nominated in the Best Featured Actress in a Musical category for Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.
The 32-year-old Wilmington, North Carolina native also also won an Oscar for Steven Spielberg’s movie adaptation of the Broadway classic West Side Story.
Other presenters include Taraji P. Henson, Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright, Patrick Wilson, and Nick Jonas will also have important duties.
In addition Idina Menzel, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Nate Burleson, Cynthia Erivo, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Josh Gad, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Sean Hayes will also be presenting.
Rounding out the list are Ashley Park, Jim Parsons, Wendell Pierce, Ben Platt, Anthony Ramos, Andrew Rannells, Solomon Thomas, Taylor Tomlinson, Pete Townshend, Tamara Tunie, and Adrienne Warren.
Jolie definitely has a lot of interest in this year’s ceremony as she serves as producer of The Outsiders musical which is up for a whopping 12 awards including the coveted top honor Best Musical.
The Tony Awards 2024 nominations were announced in April with big names including Rachel McAdams, the Alicia Keys musical, Daniel Radcliffe recognized.
The Kristoffer Diaz musical Hell’s Kitchen and David Adjmi drama Stereophonic led the way with most nods as they tied for 13 with the aforementioned Jolie’s The Outsiders coming in third for nominations with 12.
One of the nominees for best musical is Hell’s Kitchen, a jukebox musical featuring songs by Alicia and loosely based on her life.
Hell’s Kitchen was the most nominated musical, with 13 nods – a feat equaled this year only by the straight play Stereophonic about a 1970s rock band.
The other best musical nominees include Suffs, a show about the suffragettes that has Hillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai among its producers.
Illinoise, a jukebox musical of Sufjan Stevens’ work, and The Outsider, based on the classic young adult novel of the same name, are also up for the top prize.
The best musical nominations were rounded out by Water For Elephants, an adaptation of the bestselling novel that was previously made into a movie starring Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon.
Notable snubs for best musical included the Britney Spears show Once Upon A One More Time, the as well as the adaptations of the classic movies Back To The Future, The Notebook and Days Of Wine And Roses.
Rachel McAdams was nominated for best lead actress in a play in honor of her work in Mary Jane, starring her as the mother of a son with cerebral palsy.
She is up against Sarah Paulson for Appropriate, a dark comedy about three siblings feuding over their father’s estate after his death.
Jessica Lange is up for Mother Play, playing the mother of teens portrayed by Tony winner Celia Keenan-Bolger and The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons.
The category includes Betsy Aidem in Prayer For The French Republic, a dark comedy by Joshua Harmon about mounting antisemitism in France.
Rachel’s category is rounded out by Amy Ryan for the lead role in John Patrick Shanley’s classic drama Doubt: A Parable, which was made into an acclaimed movie starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Viola Davis.
Liev Schreiber is nominated for best lead actor in a play for Doubt: A Parable, playing the role of the priest accused of molesting a young boy.
He is up against a formidable group of thespians including Succession star Jeremy Strong in a revival of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy Of The People.
William Jackson Harper is also nominated in that category for Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, as is Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr for Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through The Cotton Patch and Michael Stuhlbarg for Patriots.
Jim Parsons in Mother Play is nominated for best featured actor in a play, against Corey Stoll for Appropriate and Will Brill, Eli Gelb and Tom Pecinka, all three for the play Stereophonic about a rising 1970s rock band.
The best featured actress in a play nods went to Quincy Tyler Bernstine in Doubt, Juliana Canfield and Sarah Pidgeon in Stereophonic, Celia Keenan-Bolger in Mother Play and Kara Young in Purlie Victorious.
Daniel Radcliffe is nominated for best supporting actor in a musical for his role in a revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Merrily We Roll Along, a polarizing 1980s piece that unfolds backwards in time.
His competitors are Roger Bart in Back To The Future: The Musical, Joshua Boone and Sky Lakota-Lynch in The Outsiders, Brandon Victor Dixon in Hell’s Kitchen and Steven Skybell in the new revival of Cabaret.