Hayes brings profile from TV, pop culture to Tonys by Gordon Cox
But a celeb emcee doesn't guarantee strong ratings
Today is Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Preview: School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play Broadway Baby Birthdays: Julie Kurnitz Alan Feinstein Bob Leslie Frances Freeman Sid Caesar Sir Harry Secombe Sarah Cunningham Christine Johnson Henry Wilcoxon Gavin Muir Queenie Smith Howard Dietz Hayward Ginn W. W. Jacobs Thomas F. Fallon Antonin Leopold Dvorak Fred Benjamin Michael Frayn Eleanor Phelps Teal Wicks Brandon Pearson Alan E. Muraoka Michael Ayr Maureen Sadusk Bobby Cole Vantile Whitfield Rogelio Douglas, Jr.