2016 Tony Awards Get New Venue, Air Date

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) – The next Tony Awards have found a home – a familiar one but one far from Broadway.
The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing said Tuesday that the June 12 gala will be held at the 2,900-seat Beacon Theatre on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, where the Tonys were handed out 2011-12. The announcement also pushed back the day of the ceremony, which had originally been June 5.
The 6,000-seat Radio City Music Hall has long been the preferred home for the awar