If you’re watching the Tony Awards to learn which Broadway plays are the hottest, you’ll also see live entertainment broadcast from Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas. As the only cruise line to feature fully-licensed Broadway productions, Royal Caribbean is partnering with the Tony Awards to include a live broadcast from the middle of the Caribbean Sea, where the line’s Oasis of the Seas’ cast of Hairspray will perform in the ship’s Opal Theater as part of the Tony Awards program.
With the launching of sister ships Oasis/Allure of the Seas Royal Caribbean has invested in beefing up its onboard entertainment. In addition to live Broadway products such as Saturday Night Fever, Hairspray and Chicago: The Musical, DreamWorks characters are a staple on Royal Caribbean’s ships.
The 66th Annual Tony Awards, which are presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from the Beacon Theatre on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 10, 2012.