Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban Set as 2018 Tony Hosts

Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban will host the 2018 Tonys, CBS announced. Bareilles and Groban also filmed an adorable, banter-filled video you can view below.

The singers are no strangers to Broadway: Bareilles composed the music and lyrics for WAITRESS (and made her Broadway debut in 2017), and recently co-starred in NBC’s JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR; Groban starred in NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812.

“The theater has completely transformed my life in every way possible. I have never felt more embraced and encouraged by a professional community, and I am so grateful for that,” said Sara Bareilles in a statement. “I feel incredibly lucky to get to spend an evening celebrating and applauding this outstanding collective of artists, friends, collaborators and creatives. It is my great honor 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.”

“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 theater 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,” added Josh Groban. “So to be at the helm of a night celebrating the best of that theater with a person I just laugh way too much with, is beyond words. But I will have words on Tony night! The best words! I look forward to flailing about in front of my peers. It will be with all the love and respect in the world for the room we’re lucky enough to be in.”

“Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban electrified and inspired audiences last year when they brought their incredible talents to Broadway,” continued Jack Sussman, Executive Vice President, Specials, Music and Live Events, CBS Entertainment. “These two have great chemistry together, and we can’t wait to see what they have in store as hosts for this year’s Tony Awards.”

“Sara and Josh have been taking the music industry by storm for years. Then just last year, they both made their Broadway debuts, bringing audiences to their feet, night after night. And now, we can’t wait to see what they will do, together, on Sunday, June 10, when they take the stage at Radio City Music Hall to host the Tony Awards,” said Charlotte St. Martin, President of The Broadway League, and Heather Hitchens, President of the American Theatre Wing.

“Love that these two good friends, musicians, actors, singers, songwriters, Tony nominees and just darn nice humans agreed to host the Tonys!” added executive producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner.

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨CRAZY AMAZING NEWS ALERT!!!! I literally don’t have words so I’ll do this with emojis…🙏🏽😭❤️👩🏻➕🧔🏻🔜🎤🎭🏆!!!!!! #TonyAwards2018 pic.twitter.com/PREncTnSQV

— Sara Bareilles (@SaraBareilles) April 18, 2018

THE 72nd ANNUAL TONY AWARDS, Sunday, June 10, 8/7c, CBS

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