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71st Tony Awards: Watch online

By Sarabeth Pollock

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 24: Kevin Spacey visits the Build Series to discuss his new play 'Clarence Darrow' at Build Studio on May 24, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 24: Kevin Spacey visits the Build Series to discuss his new play 'Clarence Darrow' at Build Studio on May 24, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) /
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The Best of Broadway shines bright at the 71st annual Tony Awards. Here’s what you need to know to watch the 2017 Tonys on TV and online.

The 71st annual Tony Awards have arrived to highlight the best and brightest plays and musicals across on Broadway. Here you’ll see revivals like Hello, Dolly! and August Wilson’s Jitney facing off against newcomers like the 2017 Tony juggernaut Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, which comes in with a dozen nominations.

This year’s Tony Awards will be hosted by the incomparable Kevin Spacey, which promises that the show will be lively and fun. Another highlight of the night will be the presentation of the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater to the legendary James Earl Jones.

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 is a clear frontrunner with nods in all of the major categories, including best acting nominations for actors Josh Groban and Denee Barton.

One of the other hot categories to watch for is the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play, with Cate Blanchett (The Present), Jennifer Ehle (Oslo), Sally Field (The Glass Menagerie), Laura Linney (Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes) and Laurie Metcalf (A Doll’s House, Part 2) all up for the award.

Along with the awards themselves, expect to see some amazing performances from the hottest shows on Broadway right now.

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Here’s everything you need to know to watch the Tonys:

71st Tony Awards
Date: June 11, 2017
Start Time: 8 p.m. ET
Channel: CBS
Live Stream: Fox.com or the CBS All Access App
Live Stream 2: FuboTV

As is the case every year, once the Tonys are over tickets become scarce, so if you’ve been on the fence about seeing a show, now is the time to buy tickets.

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