Cynthia Erivo, Idina Menzel, Elton John & More to Perform at 2020 Oscars

The 2020 Oscars will feature performances from each of the songs nominated in the Best Original Song category. Cynthia Erivo, who was nominated for two Academy Awards this year as the star of Harriet and co-writer of the film's anthem, "Stand Up," will perform the number during the ceremony. Tony winner Idina Menzel will also sing "Into the Unkown" from Frozen II, written by the Oscar- and Tony-winning team behind the Frozen films and Broadway musical, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. The duo won their first Oscar in 2014 for "Let It Go" from the original movie. 

The awards ceremony will also feature Tony winner Elton John, who wrote the new song "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" for his biopic, Rocketman. The legendary musician won an Oscar in the same category for Lion King's "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" in 1994. Randy Newman, who has been nominated in the Best Original Song category for each Toy Story movie and won in 2011 for Toy Story 3's "We Belong Together," will sing "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" from Toy Story 4. Chrissy Metz will perform 11-time Oscar nominee Dianne Warren's "I'm Standing With You" from Breakthrough. 

Erivo's performance will mark a defining moment of her career, which rocketed to fame on Broadway in the 2015 revival of The Color Purple. If she wins, Erivo will become the youngest and fastest EGOT ever.

For a full list of this year's theater-friendly Oscar nominees, look here. The Oscars ceremony will take place on February 9.