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Cynthia Erivo Belts ‘Sometimes All You Need Is a Song’ to Open Tony Awards

Cynthia Erivo opened the Tony Awards with a rousing performance featuring assists by Kristin Chenoweth, Aaron Tveit, and Adam Lambert.

The Wicked star, who won a Tony herself for her role in the 2015 revival of The Color Purple, is hosting the 78th annual event live from Radio City Music Hall. As she made her way to the stage, she met up with presenter Oprah Winfrey for a pep talk; together they recreated the finger-grabbing meme that went viral, which originally featured her Wicked co-star Ariana Grande. The actors, who starred in three Bill & Ted films (and voiced the animated TV series spinoff) including the most recent Face the Music in 2020, are next teaming up on Broadway as Estragon (Reeves) and Vladimir (Winter) in a revival of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.

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