It was too excellent a possibility to cross up: Alicia Keys and Jay-Z will carry out “Empire State of Thoughts” throughout the 77th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 16. The present is ready to air reside on each coasts from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Heart for the Performing Arts in New York Metropolis (8:00-11:00 p.m. ET/5:00-8:00 p.m. reside PT) on CBS, and to stream on Paramount+ within the U.S.
“Empire State of Thoughts” is featured in Hell’s Kitchen, the musical based mostly on Keys’ youth and music which is nominated for 13 Tony Awards. That put it in a tie with the play Stereophonic as this 12 months’s most-nominated manufacturing.
“Empire State of Thoughts” topped the Billboard Sizzling 100 for 5 weeks in 2009 and obtained three Grammy nominations the next 12 months, successful two — finest rap track and finest rap/sung collaboration. It was additionally nominated for file of the 12 months.
Keys and Jay-Z first carried out the track collectively on Sept. 13, 2009, after they closed that 12 months’s MTV Video Music Awards, held at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor. They’ve carried out it reside collectively in New York on a number of different events — at Yankee Stadium earlier than Sport 2 of the 2009 World Collection in October 2009; at Madison Sq. Backyard in March 2010 throughout one in all Keys’ Freedom Excursions live shows; and in Instances Sq. in October 2016 throughout Keys’ Right here in Instances Sq. live performance particular, televised on BET.
They’ve additionally carried out it in different places — in Berlin in November 2009 on the MTV Europe Music Awards; in Los Angeles later that very same month on the American Music Awards; and in London in February 2010 on the BRIT Awards.
The Tony Awards are produced in collaboration with Tony Award Productions and White Cherry Leisure. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss are showrunners and government producers for White Cherry Leisure, and Weiss will function director. Jack Sussman can be an government producer. Ariana DeBose is a producer.
