The Tony Awards - or Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre - is perceived as the highest honor in the world of American Theatre. Taking stage at Radio City Music Hall in NYC, here is a recap of all the winners and nominees for musical categories at the 69th Tony Awards.
"Fun Home" proved to be truly ground breaking. The musical based on Alison Bechdel's best-selling memoir won the award for Best Musical that night. Nominees for the same award include "An American in Paris," "The Visit," and "Something Rotten!"
Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic "The King and I" triumphed over "On the Twentieth Century" and "On The Town" for the Best Revival Of A Musical award.
The category for Best Leading Actor In A Musical had notable nominees -- Tony Yazbeck for "On the Town," Ken Watanabe for "The King and I," Robert Fairchild for "An American in Paris," Brian d'Arcy James for "Something Rotten!" Michael Cerveris took home the award for his talents in "Fun Home."
Kristin Chenoweth for "On the Twentieth Century," Leanne Cope for "An American in Paris," Beth Malone for "Fun Home" and Chita Rivera for "The Visit" were among the nominees for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. The award went to Kelli O'Hara for her role in "The King and I."
Best Featured Actor in a Musical winner Christian Borle for "Something Rotten!" was alongside nominees Andy Karl for "On the Twentieth Century," Brad Oscar for "Something Rotten!," Brandon Uranowitz and Max von Essen both for "An American in Paris."
Nominees for Best Featured Actress in a Musical included Victoria Clark for "Gigi," Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas, and Emily Skeggs, all for "Fun Home." With three out of five nominees belonging to the graphic memoir-based musical, it would have been expected that one of the three would win the award. However, Ruthie Ann Miles won the award for her role in "The King and I."
The category of Best Book of a Musical had nominees such as Lisa Kron for "Fun Home," Craig Lucas for "An American in Paris," Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell for "Something Rotten!," and Terrence McNally for "The Visit." Lisa Kron won the award for her adaptation of the memoir.
Casey Nicholaw for "Something Rotten!," John Rando for "On the Town," Bartlett Sher for "The King and I," and Christopher Wheeldon for "An American in Paris" were all up for grabbing the Best Director of a Musical award. But Sam Gold for "Fun Home" was the winner from the lot.
Bob Crowley and 59 Productions won the Best Scenic Design of a Musical award for "An American in Paris." Crowley and the production team beat David Rockwell for "On the Twentieth Century," Michael Yeargan for "The King and I," and David Zinn for "Fun Home."
Gregg Barnes for "Something Rotten!," Bob Crowley for "An American in Paris," and William Ivey Long for "On the Twentieth Century" were the nominees for Best Costume Design of a Musical. But Catherine Zuber for "The King and I" took home the award.
Natasha Katz won the Best Lighting Design of a Musical award for "An American in Paris." Fellow nominees included Donald Holder for "The King and I," Ben Stanton for "Fun Home," and Japhy Weideman for "The Visit."