Josh Groban, Sara Bareilles to host the Tonys
Pop singers-turnedBroadway stars Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles will host the 2018 Tony Awards. This will be the first time that the duo will host the award ceremony, which is held every year to recognise excellence in live Broadway theatre, CBS.com reported.
Bareilles, who starred in the hit show Waitress, and also composed the music and lyrics, earning her first Tony nomination, said that it was an honour for her to present the awards that celebrate theatre, a medium “which completely transformed” her life.
“I have never felt more embraced and encouraged by a professional community, and I am so grateful for that. I feel incredibly lucky to get to spend an evening celebrating and applauding this outstanding collective of artistes, friends, collaborators, and creatives,” she said in a statement. “It is my great honour to join my friend Josh Groban in hosting the Tonys this year, and use the opportunity to simply say a heartfelt ‘thank you’ to this wonderful community... In high heels, with jokes.”
Groban, who featured in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, also earning his first nod at the Tonys, said, “I am humbled and ecstatic to be co-hosting the Tony Awards this year with such a brilliant artist and wonderful friend, Sara Bareilles. The dedication and inspiration surrounding live theatre gave me my life path as a young kid and the warmth and support of the Broadway community has been the highlight of my career. So to be at the helm of a night celebrating the best of that theatre with a person I just laugh way too much with, is beyond words. But I will have words on Tony night! The best words!” The event will be held on June 10.