Tony Awards host P!nk got the party started with an opening number based on her 2001 collab with Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim and Mýa.
Dylan Mulvaney, Megan Thee Stallion, P!nk, Neil Patrick Harris and Shoshana Bean perform onstage during the 79th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2026 in New York City.
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Tony Awards host P!nk brought an iconic pop culture reference from 25 years ago to 2026’s ceremony, opening the televised show with a leading lady-themed remake of “Lady Marmalade.” Megan Thee Stallion, who recently took an early exit from her run in Moulin Rouge, took the stage in her Zidler costume next to P!nk and reworked Lil’ Kim’s rap from the 2001 supergroup single during Sunday night’s (June 7) lively performance.
The parody of “Lady Marmalade” (based on the Grammy-winning version song P!nk once recorded with Lil’ Kim, Christina Aguilera and Mya) was referred to as “Leading Lady Marmalade,” and had P!nk highlighting several of Broadway’s best in the tune’s “gitchie, gitchie” chorus.
