The Tony Awards have tapped Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban to host the theater industry’s biggest awards ceremony.

With longstanding roots in the music industry, Bareilles and Groban may initially seem unexpected choices for a theater awards show. But both have become headline talent on Broadway lately: Bareilles wrote the score for the musical “Waitress,” and her two stints in the lead role of the show earned notable sales increases for the production. Groban, meanwhile, spent several months in one of the title roles of “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,” fueling million-dollar-plus weeks during his time in the part. Bareilles also played Mary Magdalene in NBC’s well-received live broadcast of “Jesus Christ Superstar.”

They take over hosting duties from Kevin Spacey, the disgraced former “House of Cards” actor who played that role on the telecast last year.

It’s unusual to have two hosts for the Tony Awards but not unprecedented. Most recently, Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming emceed the proceedings in 2015. Response to that year’s ceremony proved lackluster in the theater industry.

Nominations for the 72nd annual Tony Awards will be announced May 1. CBS will broadcast the ceremony live from Radio City Music Hall on June 10.

— Variety, Associated Press