Broadway’s biggest night filled with Jewish pride

When Pink took the stage to host this year’s Tony Awards, Broadway’s biggest night, it felt very much like a love letter to theatre.

The singer, born Alecia Moore, brought her trademark acrobatics, humour and stadium-sized energy to New York’s Radio City Music Hall, but it was her genuine affection for theatre that gave the ceremony much of its warmth.

Pink has spoken over the years about growing up connected to Jewish culture and traditions and has been known to share it all on her social media channels, including standing up for Israel and the Jewish people since October 7.

Ahead of the ceremony, she described Broadway as a creative influence on her own live performances.

“It is the honour of an entire lifetime to host a night celebrating the literal hardest working people in show business,” Pink said in a statement to CBS News. “Broadway has shaped my life and how I put my own shows together — it is a community that is supportive, and inclusive, and full of talent and love.”