Kelli O’Hara and Ken Watanabe from THE KING AND I/ CBS YOU TUBE

Since the hugh thunderstorm was making my television reception of the annual Tony awards broadcast very sporadic, I thought we better review the big winners of last night’s show.

Fun Home and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time were the biggest winners at last night’s 69th Annual Tony Awards, where both productions took home five awards each–including the statues for Best Musical and Best Play, respectively.

Meanwhile, the revival of The King and I walked away with four wins–including those for Best Revival of a Musical and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for Kelli O’Hara.

And An American in Paris also took home four awards, including Best Lighting Design of a Musical and Best Choreography. Other highlights included the musical opening by hosts Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming and a hilarious exchange between presenters Larry David and Jason Alexander.

Tony Awards 2015 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
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: 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 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 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 Theatre: Tommy Tune
Special Tony Award: John Cameron Mitchell
Regional Theatre Tony Award: Cleveland Play House, Cleveland, Ohio
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award: Stephen Schwartz
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre: Arnold Abramson, Adrian Bryan-Brown and Gene O’Donovan

Susan Saunders 6-8-15