Tony Award, Darren Criss
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The former Warbler won best actor in a musical for his performance in Maybe Happy Ending at Sunday night's awards show.
Darren Criss, a Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-winning actor and musician who played Blaine Anderson on Fox’s “Glee,” won the Tony category for his Broadway performance in “Maybe Happy Ending.” Criss portrays a helper robot with a dying battery who connects with another robot.
Robot love story Maybe Happy Ending and Black family drama Purpose had great nights at the 78th annual Tony Awards, which took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, respectively winning Best Musical and Best Play.
Attendees, including Ben Stiller, Lizzy McAlpine, Milo Manheim, Christian Siriano and Daniel Dae Kim, danced to a funk band underneath an oversize disco ball.
Cuban musical "Buena Vista Social Club" and Netflix prequel play "Stranger Things: The First Shadow" scoop up multiple trophies apiece. Kara Young ("Purpose"), Francis Jue ("Yellow Face") and lifetime achievement award honoree Harvey Fierstein delivered some of the night’s most stirring speeches,
This was Darren Criss’s first Tony nomination, and the second letter in his potential future EGOT following 2018 Emmy win for American Crime Story. He shouted out his fellow l
Watch moments from the 78th annual Tony Awards, hosted by 'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo. It was a night of first-time winners, including Sarah Snook, who won for leading actress in a play, and Darren Criss for leading actor in a musical.