This Is Your Round of Applause (2022 Tony Awards Opening Number)

Lyrics

[ARIANA] That sound, the sound of cheering We work to try and hear it Each show we've ever put on And poured our hearts into But this is the occasion The night with the ovation Belongs to everyone here Every one of you 'Cause we all play a leading part In this art of making art And so, tonight, for you, I wanna start By saying To every team, every cast In present, future, and past Tonight, at last This is your round of applause For the last seventy-five years You've kept it alive, cheers High five! This is your round of applause 'Cause you know the show would never go on If we didn't all come together as one So let's all take this chance To make a song and a dance Let's see your hands This is your round of applause Bit by bit, putting it together There's been too many shows over the years To list them top to bottom So we've mashed up a few, let's see if you can spot 'em! [ENSEMBLE, spoken] Women in the sequel, work! [ARIANA] Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome Im Cabaret, au Cabaret, to Cabaret Life's a ball, if only you know it And it's all just waiting for you Come on! [ARIANA, ENSEMBLE, ALL] Stand back, Buenos Aires (Ease on down the road) You ain't never had a friend like me (Never had a friend like me) And we've got magic to do Just for you But I simply cannot do it alone Yodl layee, odl layee, odl-oo [ARIANA, spoken, ENSEMBLE & LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, spoken] Radio City! (Look around, look around) What's good? (And love is love is love is love) [ARIANA, ENSEMBLE, ALL] To Fosse, Ebb and Kander (Work, work) To Lin-Manuel Miranda (Work) I'm such a fan, duh! (We better work, work) This is your round of applause Won't forget, can't regret What I did for love I got rhythm I got music I got my gal Who could ask for anything more? 'Cause the world keeps spinning 'round and 'round ('Round and 'round) And my heart's keeping time to the speed of sound (Speed of sound) I was lost 'til I heard the drums, then I found my way 'Cause you can't stop the beat To all my theatre queens Who get it done like machines Behind the scenes This is your round of applause It's been seventy-five years Of bringing laughter and tears Y'all are fierce This is your round of applause [LEA SALONGA, spoken] This can't be for real [DAISY EAGAN, spoken] I don't think I can talk [KRISTIN CHENOWETH, spoken] Mom and Dad, you drove me to many, many hours of ballet and dance classes, I hope you feel it's worth it now [ADRIENNE WARREN, spoken, & ENSEMBLE] My parents; everything that I am, is because of you (Let's go, ooh-woah) [JUDITH LIGHT, spoken, & ENSEMBLE] Uh, this is such a gift, and you are such a generous community (Wait for me, I'm coming) [MICHAEL BENNETT & MICHAEL PETERS, spoken, & ENSEMBLE] We would like to thank our dancing sets, our dancing lights, our dancing costumes (Let's go, ooh-whoa) [BARBRA STREISAND, spoken, & ENSEMBLE] It was on a Broadway stage that my, my career really began (Wait, I'm coming with you) (It's all happening) [ARIANA] There's a place for us [AUDRA MCDONALD, spoken, & ARIANA] I want to thank all the shoulders of the strong and brave and courageous women that I am standing on (Somewhere, a place for us, it all fades away but you) [JEANINE TESORI, spoken, ARIANA & ENSEMBLE] Because for girls, you have to see it to be it (Gimme, gimme) (Thank you for the music) (That thing called) [ARI'EL STACHEL, spoken, ARIANA & ENSEMBLE] Your biggest obstacle may turn into your purpose (The songs I'm singing) (One more dawn) [ANDRÉ DE SHIELDS, spoken, & ENSEMBLE] So keep climbing (One more day) [JAMES MONROE IGLEHART, spoken, & ARIANA] This is a praise shout, hey! (2-4-6-0) [ARIANA, ENSEMBLE, ALL] One night only, one night only We only have 'til dawn Let the sunshine (Yeah) Let the sunshine in Everybody rise Rise To brass, percussion, and strings To everyone in the wings And all the swings! This is your round of applause To every theatre fan Here since the Tonys began It's you we stan This is your round of applause Climb ev'ry mountain (This is your round of applause) Keep it gay, keep it gay, keep it gay (So lift your hands up because) People who need people (This is your round, this is your round) Are the luckiest people (This is your) Hey, world! (Round of applause) I am what I am! Viva la vie Broadway! Hah! This is your round of applause This is your round of applause!