The Next Best Theatre Podcast: Episode 61 - Predicting The 2026 Tony Award Winners

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL EPISODE. Please check out the full podcast episode on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture The 79th annual Tony Awards will be held on Sunday, June 7th, and for this latest episode of Next Best Theatre, Cody Dericks, Lauren LaMagna, and Dan Bayer come together to discuss, debate, and question their winner predictions in all categories for the big show this weekend. The ceremony will take place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and will be broadcast on CBS, with streaming available on Paramount+. We’ll be back with another episode this season to give you our reactions to the show and the winners. Thank you, and enjoy the show this Sunday! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.8	Dear Evan Hanson.
0:38.9	Memphis.
0:39.7	Watts Avenue Q.
0:41.9	Hamilton.
0:42.9	Hey, Bethlehem.
0:43.8	Hello, theater.
0:45.0	This is Next Best Theater for Next Best Picture,
0:47.1	and we are here to predict the Tony Awards for this year.
0:50.6	For the 79th Tony Awards,
0:52.8	honoring the best in theater from 202424, 2025. The show is
0:57.0	going to be on Sunday, June 7th. My name is Cody, and I'm here with Dan Bayer.
1:03.0	Hello. Lauren the magnate.
1:06.0	Hello, hello.
1:08.0	We just did a quick, tiniest little disg discussions before this episode, and then I was like,
1:13.2	all right, we need to stop talking because I'm pretty sure we're going to have these
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