“Fun Home,” “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” Top Winners at the Tonys

“Fun Home” Cast; Heather Wines/CBSFun Home was right at home at the Tony Awards Sunday night.

The show won five awards at the annual celebration of Broadway’s best in New York City, including best musical. It also earned Tonys for best book, best musical score, best lead actor in a musical for Michael Cerveris, and best direction for Sam Gold.

Fun Home, based on Alison Bechdel‘s graphic novel, focuses on a lesbian girl who grows up in a funeral home with a closeted father.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which was named best play, also took five awards. The show revolves around a 15-year-old with Asperger’s syndrome who’s under suspicion for killing his neighbor’s dog.

In the acting categories, Helen Mirren won her first Tony — best lead actress in a play — for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience. She previously received an Oscar for playing the monarch in the film The Queen.  

Movie stars Bradley Cooper and Bill Nighy both lost out in the best lead actor in a play category to Alex Sharp of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming hosted the 69th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall.

Here’s a partial 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

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