Well, grab your sequins and sobbing shawls, darling, because the spirits were high (and also… like, literal spirits) at the 2025 Tony Awards! Broadway besties Sara Bareilles and Cynthia Erivo stepped onto the Radio City Music Hall stage and collectively ripped our souls out with a celestial rendition of “Tomorrow” from Annie — aka the song that taught us all to cry in harmony.
And let’s be real: this wasn’t your grandma’s “Tomorrow.” This was haunting. This was ethereal. This was two Grammy-winning angels singing directly into the heavens with jazz hands. You could practically hear the chandelier crying.
Why the emotional whiplash? This performance anchored the In Memoriam segment — that bittersweet Broadway tradition where we honor the legends who’ve exited stage left. The final bow was reserved for Sara’s soul-twin and eternal duet buddy, Gavin Creel, the Tony-winning actor, Broadway heartthrob, and all-around icon who tragically passed last year after a battle with cancer. If you weren’t crying, you were probably stone or just in complete awe of the vocal gymnastics happening before you.
Earlier in the evening, our ballad queen Sara presented the Isabelle Stevenson Award to Celia Keenan-Bolger, another Gavin BFF and proud theater goddess. And yes, Sara was draped in alice + olivia — like if Audrey Hepburn went to theater camp and never left.
Also, friendly reminder: this entire night is being hosted by the musical lightning bolt that is Cynthia Erivo (can she please host everything, forever?). The main show is on CBS, where Broadway royalty prance, belt, and cry on national television. We love to see it.
Watch the performance below — and maybe keep a box of tissues, a bottle of rosé, and a weighted blanket handy. You’re gonna need it.
