2015 Tony Awards Recap: Big Winners ‘Fun Home’ And ‘Curious Incident’ Earn 5 Awards Each

by Olivia Truffaut-WongJune 8, 2015, 3:35 pmNews, News Feed >

Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming hosted the 2015 Tony Awards, and Fun Home and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time took home five awards each.

2015 Tony Awards Recap

Chenoweth and Cumming, both Tony award winners, started the show with a timely message – “Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and those of you who don’t identify as either,” Cumming greeted the audience.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was the big play winner, taking home the Tony Award for Best Play, and earning its young British star, Alex Sharp, the Tony for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play. Sharp, a Broadway newbie, graduated from Julliard last May and won over Hollywood names Bradley Cooper and Bill Nighy. Fellow Brit, Helen Mirren, won the Tony Award for Leading Actress in a Play.

Fun Home, which, like Curious Incident, is a sort of coming of age story about a main character who feels different, took home five awards in the Musical category, including Best Musical and Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for Michael Cerveris.

The King and I took home four awards: Best Revival of a Musical, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Kelli O’Hara, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role for Ruthie Ann Miles (who also delivered one of the most charming speeches of the night) and Best Costume Design in a Musical for Catherine Zuber.

Of course the night also featured performances by the Broadway casts of On The Twentieth Century, The Visit, Gigi, An American In Paris, Finding Neverland, Something Rotten and It Shoulda Been You.

2015 Tony Award Winners

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 Book of a Musical: Lisa Kron for Fun Home
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theater: Fun Home – Music: Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics: Lisa Kron

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 Scenic Design of a Play: Bunny Christie, Finn Ross – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Bob Crowley, Benjamin Pearcy, Leo Warner – 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

Lifetime Achievement in the Theater: Tommy Tune
Special Tony Award: John Cameron Mitchell
Regional Theatre Tony Award: Cleveland Play House of Cleveland, Ohio
Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award: Stephen Schwartz
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre: Arnold Abramson, Adrian Bryan-Brown, Gene O’Donovan

Article by Olivia Truffaut-Wong

Olivia Truffaut-Wong was born and raised in Berkeley, California, where she developed her love of all things entertainment. After moving to New York City to earn her degree in Film Studies, she stayed on the East Coast to follow her passion and become an entertainment writer. She lives on a diet of television, movies and food.