NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) — Fun Home, the stage version of Alison Bechdel's graphic novel memoir of her early childhood took home five Tony Awards, the most of any musical at the 69th Annual Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Original Score.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens also won five Tonys. The play, based on a mystery novel by Mark Haddon won awards including Best Play.
Kelli O'Hara won her first Tony Award after six past nominations for her turn as Anna Leonowens in The King and I, which also won a Tony for the Best Revival of a Musical.
Hosted by Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth, the awards show was broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall in New York.
The full list of Tony winners
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 Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Helen Mirren, The Audience
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Richard McCabe, The Audience
Best Book of a Musical
Fun Home
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Fun Home
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 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 Musical
Kelli O’Hara, The King and I
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Michael Cerveris, Fun Home
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 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 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
Gene O’Donovan
Excellence in Theatre Education Award
Corey Mitchell
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