Tony Awards to be handed out Sept. 26 on CBS

That’s because the Tonys are the single most important marketing tool available to the 41 theaters, ranging from about 600 seats to 2,000, that are designated as Broadway houses. Some productions featured on the broadcast experience a bump at the box office, which might benefit the 20 or so shows, the vast majority of them long-running musicals, that have set reopenings for September. First to return will be “Hadestown,” the most recent Tony-winning best musical. It will start performances Sept. 2; “The Lion King,” “Hamilton,” “Wicked” and “Chicago” will be next, on Sept. 14.