What a night last night, it looked like the Tony awards was a party and a celebration and it looked Fun. Speaking of Fun, Fun Home won the prize for Best Musical, while The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time took home the award for Best Play. In the acting categories, Helen Mirren won another award for playing Queen Elizabeth, the best Queen ever. Kelli O’Hara finally won a Tony on her sixth nomination. The party and celebration was at Radio City Musical Hall. The Tony Awards was hosted by actors Kristin Chenoweth, who was nominated and Alan Cumming. They were both hysterical funny!
Here are the winners:
Best Musical
“Fun Home”
Best Play
“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
Best Revival of a Musical
“The King and I”
Best Revival of a Play
“Skylight”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Alex Sharp, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Helen Mirren, “The Audience”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Michael Cerveris, “Fun Home”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Kelli O’Hara, “The King and I”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Richard McCabe, “The Audience”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Annaleigh Ashford, “You Can’t Take It With You”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Christian Borle, “Something Rotten!”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Ruthie Ann Miles, “The King and I”
Best Book of a Musical
“Fun Home” (Lisa Kron)
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
“Fun Home” (Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics: Lisa Kron)
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Bunny Christie and Finn Ross, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time