Feb. 02--James Corden, the 37-year-old, British-born host of "The Late Late Show with James Corden" on CBS, will host the 2016 Tony Awards, it was announced Tuesday.
Corden has theater credits on both sides of the Atlantic. Initially a TV star in the U.K., he became famous after playing the manic leading role in the National Theatre's production of "One Man, Two Guvnors," which transferred to Broadway and earned Corden a 2012 Tony Award for best actor in a play.
This will be Corden's first hosting duty for the annual Broadway awards show, slated for broadcast (not coincidentally on CBS) on June 12. The 70th annual Tonys will be broadcast live from the Beacon Theatre in New York on that night. Charlotte St. Martin, president of the Broadway League, noted that Corden was the rare star "whose gifts translate perfectly to both the Broadway stage and the television screen."
