NEW YORK (AP) – Good news for the Rockettes might mean bad news for the Tony Awards.
MSG Entertainment said Tuesday that it will again put on a “New York Spring Spectacular” starring the leggy dancers next year, but it will run from June 15 through Aug. 7 at Radio City Music Hall, meaning it may have to boot the annual theater awards show from the iconic venue.
While next year’s Tony night hasn’t been announced, it usually falls on a Sunday in the first two weeks of June. In 2016, that would put it during crucial rehearsal time for the “Spring Spectacular,” which will be renamed.
The Broadway League, which runs the awards show with the American Theater Wing, had no comment.
The 6,000-seat Radio City has long been the preferred home for the awards because of its size and proximity to Broadway. The Tonys had been held at Radio City from 1997-2010 and for the last three years.