Pink returned to the Moulin Rouge for a star-studded opening to the 2026 Tonys, singing theater-themed lyrics to her hit “Lady Marmalade” cowl from the film musical’s soundtrack.
The singer started, although, by honoring a special, older musical: Peter Pan.
Suspended excessive above the stage and twirling round, Pink sang “I’m flying” earlier than Neil Patrick Harris interrupted her to marvel why she was performing such a dated present.
“The flying twinks are all vampires now,” Harris stated, referencing high Tonys nominee The Misplaced Boys, which went into the night time up for 12 awards.
“I just want to show how much I love theater even though I’ve never been on Broadway,” Pink defined, as she flipped the other way up, exhibiting off a few of her trademark acrobatics. “I’m just concerned people might be like, ‘Why’s Pink hosting the Tonys?’”
She belted a few strains from Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Depraved, lifting Harris off the bottom along with her legs throughout “Defying Gravity” from the final present.
In the end Harris inspired Pink to simply be herself, “the leading lady we all know you can be.” However he rapidly rallied a lot of Broadway stars to assist.
With that, Pink started her major quantity, titled “Leading Lady Marmalade,” it featured the singer carrying an outfit much like her costume from the music video for her hit cowl from the film musical, now a present on Broadway.
The tune, which featured quite a few references to nominated performers and exhibits featured lyrics like, “Dontcha, dontcha touch that remote”; “Liberation, Proof, Becky Shaw ce soir”; “Alecia Moore, Moore, Moore,”; “Schmiga, Schmiga doon doon doon”; and “Squibby squibby June,” because the record-breaking Tony nominee from her seat sang, “All the parts I’ve played, I slay them.”
Pink was joined by Lea Michele, Dylan Mulvaney, Ragtime’s Shaina Taub and Megan Thee Stallion, who reprised her Moulin Rouge position from earlier this 12 months, which she needed to exit early after well being points.
Megan rapped about “badass chicks from the Moulin Rouge,” taking the Lil’ Kim rap from the unique tune.
Mulvaney was joined by Leiomy from Cats: The Jellicle Ball and sported a “Protect the Dolls” t-shirt.
Later, Harris ran out with a stuffed Paddington bear to which Pink stated “maybe next year,” a reference to the Paddington musical coming to Broadway, which has not been introduced but however is basically an open secret within the business.
Pink acquired a standing ovation for the efficiency, which ended with everybody onstage.
She then launched into her monologue, poking enjoyable at herself and honoring Broadway’s greatest.
“For some reason, I’m your host, Pink,” she stated. “I am here to celebrate the hardest working people in showbiz … mostly the people who sew Luke Evans into that corset.”
Pink referred to as herself the second largest Broadway fan after her musical theater-obsessed daughter Willow.
She then talked about how this 12 months’s nominated shows had been related to the present political local weather.
“This year, we saw the worst parts of history repeating themselves,” she started, as Ragtime and Liberation took the stage.
The nation grew extra divided, Pink stated, amid Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Throughout New York).
As “our trans siblings started to lose more rights,” Pink stated, Cats returned with its Jellicle Ball revival.
Pink later returned with bits involving Darren Criss and Titanique actress Marla Mindelle.
