NEW YORK — This is how Broadway is supposed to be.
As Midtown returns to its disorderly pre-pandemic glory — with Times Square once more a seething sea of tourists, food carts and street performers — the theater world plans to celebrate at the 75th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, feting the first full Broadway season since the COVID-19 pandemic started two years ago.
The awards follow a scaled-down fall Tonys show honoring the season cut short in March 2020. That night had some verve, and honored some strong work. But it was undeniably pandemic-tinted. Aaron Tveit was the lone nominee for best leading actor in a musical. (He won.) Only three awards were handed out on TV. (The rest came in a ceremony streamed online.)
