00:00Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has been picked to host Broadway's Biggest Night, the 78th's Tony Awards,
00:08to be held at Radio City Music Hall in New York in June.
00:12Erivo, who was recently nominated for an Oscar in the musical fantasy film,
00:16says she's proud and excited to take on the honour of handing out awards to the theatre community at large.
00:22The British actress and singer, whose parents are Nigerian, is no stranger to the Tony Awards,
00:27having won Best Actress in a Musical in 2016 for her breakout role in The Colour Purple.
00:33She's been nominated for numerous other awards, winning the Tony, an Emmy and a Grammy, among others.
00:38The awards organisers said that through her performances on both stage and screen,
00:43she's extended the magic of musical theatre to millions of new fans around the world.
00:49This year's Tony nominations are due to be announced on the 1st of May.
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