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Tony Award-winning show tunes!

Ahead of the 2026 Tony Awards in New York City, Dame Elaine's got a whole range of Tony Award-winning show tunes, from musicals including Carousel, Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen.

The 2026 Tony Awards celebrate the best of American theatre, and they take place this evening at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City, so in celebration, Dame Elaine's got a whole range of Tony Award-winning show tunes, from musicals including Carousel, The Lion King, Sunset Boulevard, Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen.

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BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Ansel Elgort

    Something's Coming

    • West Side Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Hollywood Records.
    • 4.

  • 'Carousel' 2018 Broadway Cast

    June Is Bustin' Out All Over

    • Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel (2018 Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Concord Theatricals.
    • 4.

  • Danny Burstein

    If I Were a Rich Man

    • Fiddler on the Roof (2016 Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Broadway Records.
    • 3.

  • Joy Woods

    Little Lamb

    • Gypsy Starring Audra McDonald (2024 Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Octoverse Media.
    • 10.

  • Audra McDonald, Danny Burstein & Joy Woods

    Together, Wherever We Go

    • Together, Wherever We Go.
    • Arts Music/Rhino.
    • 1.

  • Nicole Scherzinger

    With One Look

    • SUNSET BLVD: The Album.
    • The Other Songs.
    • 7.

  • Sam Tutty & Christiani Pitts

    This Is The Place

    • Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) [Original Broadway Cast Recording].
    • What'll It Be LP.
    • 5.

  • Sting

    The Last Ship

    • The Last Ship (Super Deluxe).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • Shaggy

    It Wasn't Me (feat. Ricardo “Rik Rok” Ducent)

    • Now 48 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Original Broadway Ensemble Of The Lion King

    Hakuna Matata

    • The Lion King: Original Broadway Cast Recording.
    • Disney.
    • 11.

  • Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell & Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: The Musical

    Wheels of a Dream

    • Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • 15.

  • The Original Broadway Company

    For Now

    • Avenue Q (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • 21.

  • Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel

    Defying Gravity

    • Wicked (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Verve (Adult Contemporary).
    • 11.

  • E. Clayton Cornelious, James Harkness, Douglas Lyons & Alan Wiggins

    On Broadway

    • Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Ghostlight Records.
    • 12.

  • Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin‐Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan & Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton

    The Room Where It Happens

    • Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 5.

  • Leslie Odom, Jr.

    Wait For It

    • Hamilton: Original Broadway Cast Recording.
    • Atlantic.
    • 13.

  • Adrienne Warren

    River Deep - Mountain High

    • Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Original London Cast Recording).
    • Sh-K-Boom Records.
    • 12.

  • Stephanie J. Block & The Cher Show Ensemble

    If I Could Turn Back Time

    • The Cher Show (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Warner Records.
    • 1.

  • Emma Pittman, Brody Grant & Original Broadway Cast of The Outsiders - A New Musical

    I Could Talk To You All Night

    • The Outsiders - A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Masterworks.
    • 6.

  • Bryce Pinkham, Jefferson Mays & Catherine Walker

    Poison in My Pocket

    • A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Ghostlight Records.
    • 8.

  • Katie Hall

    I Dreamed A Dream

    • Les Misérables - 40th Anniversary All-Star Cast.
    • First Night Records.
    • 4.

  • Christian Borle & 'Something Rotten' Ensemble

    Will Power

    • Something Rotten! (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Ghostlight Records.
    • 8.

  • Myles Frost

    Thriller

    • MJ the Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording.
    • Legacy Recordings.
    • 18.

  • Ben Platt

    Words Fail

    • Dear Evan Hansen (Broadway Cast Recording) [Deluxe].
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 12.

  • Bette Midler

    So Long Dearie

    • Hello, Dolly! (New Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • 15.

Broadcast

  • Sunday 13:00
    BBC Radio 2