Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and composer Carole King are among the first celebrities to be announced as presenters at the 2016 Tony Awards ceremony, scheduled for June 12.
Also announced May 26: Cate Blanchett, Edie Brickell, Nathan Lane, Steve Martin, Patina Miller, Saoirse Ronan and Oprah Winfrey.
No word on which categories they will present.
Tony winner James Corden will host the 70th annual ceremony, which will be telecast live from the Beacon Theatre in New York on CBS-TV.
Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin lead the cast of the revival, opening April 21.
Jennifer Holliday, Norbert Leo Butz, and Donna Murphy are among those set to perform the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical for Transport Group.
The awards will be presented in May at the Guild's annual ceremony at Sony Hall.
The move will give public and charter school graduates access to low-cost tickets to theatre around NYC.
The Nicholas Sparks novel comes to New York with a score by Ingrid Michaelson and a book by Bekah Brunstetter.
What's announced and what's in previews in the West End.
Josh Rhodes will direct Rodney Hicks' new comedy.
The new musical tells the story of the early life of Albert Einstein and his first wife, Mileva Marić.
The festival will also feature an evening of performances and interviews celebrating the life and impact of legendary lyricist Howard Ashman.
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