A host, a vision, a living work of haute couture theatre.
By the time Cynthia Erivo stepped onto the crimson carpet outside Radio City Music Hall, the 2025 Tony Awards had already found their leading lady. Not just the evening’s host, Erivo arrived as its reigning empress—draped in a celestial confection of Schiaparelli couture that shimmered with as much drama as any Broadway overture.
For the occasion, the Wicked star summoned her inner Glinda—not with ruffles or saccharine whimsy, but with sartorial precision and couture intellect. From Schiaparelli’s Spring 2025 Haute Couture collection, the look was a masterclass in structure, sparkle, and surrealist romance. The bodice, corseted and basque-waisted, sculpted her torso like an artist shaping marble, while the neckline flared into a grand, petal-like silhouette—part armor, part chandelier, entirely arresting.
Adorned with meticulously set crystals and blushing pearls, the gown moved with a glint that felt otherworldly under the spotlights. A velvet column skirt in soft pink—weighted yet fluid—fell to the floor in quiet pools, anchoring the glamour in Old World gravitas. Around her neck: a cascade of silvery pearls, the perfect echo of her Schiaparelli embellishments, worn like a crown around her collarbones.
But this is Cynthia Erivo—fashion’s great shape-shifter—who never stops at just one moment. Known for delivering full-throttle looks with operatic clarity, the host is almost certain to unveil more ensembles as the evening unfolds. And if history is any indicator, each will build on the last with crescendo-like flair.
The Tony Awards, after all, aren’t just Broadway’s highest honor—they’re also its grandest spectacle. And tonight, Erivo isn’t just presiding over it. She’s embodying it.
As movie legends and stage darlings alike vie for awards—George Clooney for his era-defining turn in Good Night, and Good Luck, Nicole Scherzinger for her noir-drenched Sunset Blvd., and Sadie Sink, Sarah Snook, and Audra McDonald, each with their own theatrical gravitas—Cynthia reminds us what true star power looks like when tethered to style that speaks.
