Brooke Shields Rocks Crocs at 2024 Tony Awards After Foot Surgery: 'I Couldn't Do This in Heels' (Exclusive)

Brooke Shields has got some pep in her step!

The actress and author posed on the 2024 Tony Awards carpet in a sunny dress with a plunging sequin top, waistline bow, pleated skirt and center-back slit.

She put her best foot forward in a pair of coordinating bright yellow Crocs. Of her footwear, she told PEOPLE on the carpet, "I got my Crocs! I couldn't do this in heels!" The classic, perforated clogs retail for $50.

Shields accessorized with a boxy gold clutch, a stack of bracelets on her left wrist and pearl earrings. For her glam, Shields, who just launched brand Commence, wore her hair straight with a center part. As always, her brows were bold and beautiful.

On June 15, one day ahead of the event, Shields posted a photo of her feet in braces as she sat in the backseat of a car.

"The feet pics are about to level up… Double foot toe surgery," she revealed in the accompanying caption on Instagram.

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Shields has appeared on Broadway several times over the years. She's played Ruth Sherwood in Wonderful Town, Roxie Hart in Chicago, Sally Bowles in Cabaret and Rizzo in Grease. She's also appeared as Morticia Addams in the musical The Addams Family.

The star told PEOPLE she'd head back on stage in a heartbeat.

"Broadway welcomed me when nobody else was welcoming me. I started going to Broadway when I was a little, little girl, so to me it's a part of my life," says Shields, the president of Actors Equity Association.

As for what's next on her Broadway bucket list, she shared, "I'd like to do a comedy/drama."

She laughed, "I'm usually a replacement. So, that's exciting for me. If there's somebody that wins the Tony and they leave the show, that's a huge honor. So, anywhere they want me!"

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The Tony Awards are airing live from Lincoln Center in New York City on Sunday, June 16, on CBS (8 ET/PT) and streaming on Paramount+.

—reporting by Dave Quinn and Aliza Sessler