Two star-free shows, the musical “Fun Home” and the play “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” took top honors at the 69th annual Tony Awards Sunday night.
Each earned five statuettes, including Best Musical for “Fun Home” and Best Play for “Curious Incident. Four prizes each went to the musicals “An American in Paris” and “The King and I,” whose lead actress, Kelli O’Hara, won her first Tony after six nominations.
In addition, Helen Mirren took home her first Tony as Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in “The Audience;” she is just one Grammy shy of an elusive EGOT.
The show took place at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, hosted by Alan Cumming and
The complete list of winners follows.
Best Play
“Disgraced” Author: Ayad Akhtar
“Hand to God” Author: Robert Askins
“Wolf Hall Parts One & Two” Co-Authors: Hilary Mantel and Mike Poulton
Best Musical
“Fun Home” *WINNER*
“Something Rotten!”
“The Visit”
Best Revival of a Play
“Skylight” *WINNER*
“This Is Our Youth”
“You Can’t Take It With You”
Best Revival of a Musical
“On the Town”
“On the Twentieth Century”
Best Book of a Musical
Lisa Kron, “Fun Home” *WINNER*
Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, “Something Rotten!”
Terrence McNally, “The Visit”
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
“Something Rotten!” Music & Lyrics: Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick
“The Visit” Music: John Kander: Lyrics: Fred Ebb
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Bradley Cooper, “The Elephant Man”
Ben Miles, “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two”
Bill Nighy, “Skylight”
Alex Sharp, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” *WINNER*
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Helen Mirren, “The Audience” *WINNER*
Elisabeth Moss, “The Heidi Chronicles”
Carey Mulligan, “Skylight”
Ruth Wilson, “Constellations”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Robert Fairchild, “An American in Paris”
Brian d’Arcy James, “Something Rotten!”
Ken Watanabe, “The King and I”
Tony Yazbeck, “On the Town”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Beth Malone, “Fun Home”
Kelli O’Hara, “The King and I” *WINNER*
Chita Rivera, “The Visit”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
K. Todd Freeman, “Airline Highway”
Richard McCabe, “The Audience” *WINNER*
Alessandro Nivola, “The Elephant Man”
Nathaniel Parker, “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two”
Micah Stock, “It’s Only a Play”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Patricia Clarkson, “The Elephant Man”
Lydia Leonard, “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two”
Sarah Stiles, “Hand to God”
Julie White, “Airline Highway”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Andy Karl, “On the Twentieth Century”
Brad Oscar, “Something Rotten!”
Brandon Uranowitz, “An American in Paris”
Max von Essen, “An American in Paris”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Judy Kuhn, “Fun Home”
Sydney Lucas, “Fun Home”
Ruthie Ann Miles, “The King and I” *WINNER*
Emily Skeggs, “Fun Home”
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Bob Crowley, “Skylight”
Christopher Oram, “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two”
David Rockwell, “You Can’t Take It With You”
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
David Rockwell, “On the Twentieth Century”
Michael Yeargan, “The King and I”
David Zinn, “Fun Home”
Best Costume Design of a Play
Jane Greenwood, “You Can’t Take It with You”
Christopher Oram, “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two” *WINNER*
David Zinn, “Airline Highway”
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Bob Crowley, “An American in Paris”
William Ivey Long, “On the Twentieth Century”
Catherine Zuber, “The King and I” *WINNER*
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Paule Constable and David Plater, “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two”
Natasha Katz, “Skylight”
Japhy Weideman, “Airline Highway”
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ben Stanton, “Fun Home”
Japhy Weideman, “The Visit”
Best Direction of a Play
Scott Ellis,”You Can’t Take It With You”
Jeremy Herrin, “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two”
Moritz von Stuelpnagel, “Hand to God”
Best Direction of a Musical
Casey Nicholaw, “Something Rotten!”
John Rando, “On the Town”
Bartlett Sher, “The King and I”
Christopher Wheeldon, “An American in Paris”
Best Choreography
Christopher Gattelli, “The King and I”
Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
Casey Nicholaw, “Something Rotten!”
Christopher Wheeldon, “An American in Paris” *WINNER*
Best Orchestrations
John Clancy, “Fun Home”
Larry Hochman, “Something Rotten!”
Rob Mathes, “The Last Ship”
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Special Tony Award
Regional Theatre Tony Award
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award