‘Fun Home’ (photo: Joan Marcus via The Broadway Blog.)
Wow! What a year… Tony voters surprised us by crowning Fun Home the best musical of the year. Well deserved and certainly a less mainstream title than some of the other nominees. Other big winners include Kelli O’Hara for The King and I and Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography for An American in Paris. Big nominees that failed to snag significant awards include Hand to God and Something Rotten!—though they’re both fantastic shows, too. Our final word? … Go to the theater!
Best Play
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best musical
Fun Home
Best revival of a play
Skylight
Best revival of a musical
The King and I
Best book of a musical
Winner: Fun Home, Lisa Kron
Best original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater
Fun Home
Music: Jeanine Tesori
Lyrics: Lisa Kron
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a play
Winner: Alex Sharp, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Helen Mirren in “The Audience” (photo: Joan Marcus via The Broadway Blog).
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Winner: Helen Mirren, The Audience
Best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical
Winner: Michael Cerveris, Fun Home
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical
Winner: Kelli O’Hara, The King and I
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play
Winner: Richard McCabe, The Audience
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play
Winner: Annaleigh Ashford, You Can’t Take It With You
Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical
Winner: Christian Borle, Something Rotten!
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical
Winner: Ruthie Ann Miles, The King and I
Best scenic design of a play
Winner: Bunny Christie and Finn Ross, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best scenic design of a musical
Winner: Bob Crowley and 59 Productions, An American in Paris
Best costume design of a play
Winner: Christopher Oram, Wolf Hall Parts One & Two
Best costume design of a musical
Winner: Catherine Zuber, The King and I
Best lighting design of a play
Winner: Paule Constable, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best lighting design of a musical
Winner: Natasha Katz, An American in Paris
Best direction of a play
Winner: Marianne Elliott, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best direction of a musical
Winner: Sam Gold, Fun Home
‘An American in Paris’ (photo: Matthew Murphy via The Broadway Blog.)
Best choreography
Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris
Best orchestrations
Winner: Christopher Austin, Don Sebesky, Bill Elliott, An American in Paris
Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-competitive Categories
Special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theater
Tommy Tune
Special Tony Award
John Cameron Mitchell
Regional Theater Tony Award
Cleveland Play House, Ohio
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
Stephen Schwartz
Tony Honors for excellence in the theater
Arnold Abramson
Adrian Bryan-Brown
Gene O’Donovan
