Following Hamilton's clean sweep during the 2016 broadcast, the 71st annual Tony Awards telecast was down 31% from last year's numbers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Nielsen's overnight figures have the television event averaging a 4.7 rating among metered market households, almost tying the numbers from 2012, the year Once took home the Best Musical prize. Though hilariously hosted by House of Car…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AM on June 12, 2017