By William Oyo-Ita 9 June 2015
The 69th edition of the Tony Awards was held on Sunday, June 7, 2015 at Radio City Music Hall, New York. It was hosted byKristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming.
Alex Sharp fought off competition from Bradley Cooper and Bill Nighy to win best lead actor in a play for his role in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which also won for best play.
Below is the full list of winners.
Best Musical: Fun Home
Best Play: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best Book of a Musical: Fun Home
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theater: Fun Home
Best Revival of a Play: Skylight
Best Revival of a Musical: The King and I
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
Photo: AP
Best Direction of a Play
Marianne Elliott, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
Best Direction of a Musical
Sam Gold, “Fun Home”
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Bunny Christie and Finn Ross, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Bob Crowley and 59 Productions, “An American in Paris”
Best Costume Design of a Play
Christopher Oram, “Wolf Hall Parts One & Two”
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Catherine Zuber, “The King and I”
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Paule Constable, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Natasha Katz, “An American in Paris”
Best Choreography
Christopher Wheeldon, “An American in Paris”
Best Orchestrations
Christopher Austin, Don Sebesky, Bill Elliott, “An American in Paris”
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater
Tommy Tune
Special Tony Award
John Cameron Mitchell
Isabelle Stevenson Award
Stephen Schwartz
Regional Theatre Award
Cleveland Play House, Cleveland, Ohio
