Watch Every Tony Awards Performance: The Band's Visit, SpongeBob And More
Whether you fancy yourself a mean girl, a fair lady or (not!) a simple sponge, the 2018 Tony Awards offered a little something for everyone.
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As is tradition, Sunday's ceremony gave each of the shows nominated for Best Musical (The Band's Visit, Mean Girls, Frozen and SpongeBob SquarePants) and Best Revival of a Musical (Carousel, My Fair Lady and Once on This Island) a chance to shine on the world's greatest stage: television.
CBS' three-hour broadcast also featured a performance by the cast of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, as well as a highly anticipated appearance from Bruce Springsteen, who received a special Tony Award for his contributions to Broadway.
Mean Girls, nominated for 12 Tony Awards this year, got things started with two of its show-stopping numbers, "Where Do You Belong" and "Meet the Plastics."
Next up, the cast of My Fair Lady — including The X-Files' Lauren Ambrose as leading lady Eliza Doolittle — dazzled the crowd with a medley of "The Rain in Spain," "I Could Have Danced All Night" and "Get Me to the Church on Time."
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical did things a little differently, interrupting hosts Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles to introduce the evening's leggiest number, Squidward's "I'm Not a Loser."
Rather than showcase one of its classic romantic ballads, Carousel went with a dance-heavy number, "Blow High, Blow Low." A real crowd-pleaser for all you sailor fans out there.
The temperature then dropped a bit at Radio City Music Hall as the cast of Frozen: The Broadway Musical emerged to perform "For the First Time in Forever," paving the way for Caissie Levy to leave nary a face unmelted with her booming rendition of "Let it Go."
Kicking off the final hour of the night were the ladies of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.
Next came the company of Once on This Island — including Glee's Alex Newell — delivering a rousing medley of some of its biggest numbers. (Nathan Lane also briefly interacted with a live goat, which is always fun.)
We got a taste of The Band's Visit — this year's winner for Best Musical, among many other victories — via Katrina Lenk's haunting performance of "Omar Sharif."
Bruce Springsteen also treated viewers to a bit of his impossible-to-get-tickets-to show, though Robert De Niro kind of upstaged him with that whole "F–k Trump!" moment.
Lastly, a group of theater students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School sang "Seasons of Love" from Rent as a tribute to the lives lost in the senseless shooting in Parkland, Fla.
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