Josh Groban hosted the annual celebration of high school musical theater talent the last two years.
Bowen Yang at The 79th Annual Tony Awards held at Radio City Music Hall on June 07, 2026 in New York, New York.
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Bowen Yang is set to host the 17th annual Jimmy Awards, Broadway‘s annual celebration of high school musical theater talent. The ceremony is set for Monday, June 22, at the Minskoff Theatre in New York City.
Yang, 35, has received five Primetime Emmy nominations for his work on Saturday Night Live. He joined the show as a writer in 2018 and departed after the Dec. 20 episode. He and Matt Rogers co-host the podcast, Las Culturistas, which was named podcast of the year at the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards in both 2023 and 2025. Yang and Rogers received their first Tony nods this year as producers of Titanique, which was nominated for best musical.
