Lesbian Memoir "Fun Home" Wins Best Musical At 2015 Tony Awards. See The Full List Of Winners
It's not that unusual for a musical with gay themes to win a Tony Award—Kinky Boots, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, La Gage aux Folles and Falsettos have all done it.
But the win for Best Musical tonight at the Tony Awards by "Fun Home" is groundbreaking in that it's the first mainstream Broadway musical with a lesbian protagonist—and not a single drag queen in sight.
Fun Home, based on the graphic memoir by cartoonist Alison Bechdel about her relationship with her closeted father, also took home Tonys for Best Director for Sam Gold, Best Original Score for Lisa Tesori and Lisa Kron, and Best Actor in a Musical for Michael Cerveris.
In accepting the award, Cerveris said he hoped the Supreme Court ruled on the side of equality later this month.
Other big winners at the 2015 Tony Award include Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The King and I, and The Audience.
Below, check out a full list of Tony winner
Best Musical
"An American in Paris"
"Fun Home" WINNER
"Something Rotten!"
"The Visit"
Best Play
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" WINNER
"Disgraced"
"Hand to God"
"Wolf Hall: Parts One and Two"
Best Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Michael Cerveris, "Fun Home" WINNER
Robert Fairchild, "An American in Paris"
Brian d'Arcy James, "Something Rotten!"
Ken Watanabe, "The King and I"
Tony Yazbeck, "On the Town"
Best Performance By An Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Kristin Chenoweth, "On the Twentieth Century"
Leanne Cope, "An American in Paris
Beth Malone, "Fun Home"
Kelli O'Hara, "The King and I" WINNER
Chita Rivera, "The Visit"
Best Revival of a Musical
"The King and I" WINNER
"On the Town"
"On the Twentieth Century"
Best Revival of a Play
"The Elephant Man"
"Skylight" WINNER
"This Is Our Youth"
"You Can't Take It With You"
Best Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Steven Boyer, "Hand to God"
Bradley Cooper, "The Elephant Man"
Ben Miles, "Wolf Hall: Parts I and II"
Bill Nighy, "Skylight"
Alex Sharp, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" WINNER
Best Performance By An Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Geneva Carr, "Hand to God"
Helen Mirren, "The Audience" WINNER
Elisabeth Moss, "The Heidi Chronicles"
Carey Mulligan, "Skylight"
Ruth Wilson, "Constellations"
Best Performance By An Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Christian Borle, "Something Rotten!" WINNER
Andy Karl, "On the Twentieth Century"
Brad Oscar, "Something Rotten!"
Brandon Uranowitz, "An American in Paris"
Max von Essen, "An American in Paris"
Best Performance By An Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Victoria Clark, "Gigi"
Judy Kuhn, "Fun Home"
Sydney Lucas, "Fun Home"
Ruthie Ann Miles, "The King and I" WINNER
Emily Skeggs, "Fun Home"
Best Performance By An Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Matthew Beard, "Skylight"
K. Todd Freeman, "Airline Highway"
Richard McCabe, "The Audience" WINNER
Alessandro Nivola, "The Elephant Man"
Nathaniel Parker, "Wolf Hall: Parts One and Two"
Micah Stock, "It's Only A Play"
Best Performance By An Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Annaleigh Ashford, "You Can't Take It With You" WINNER
Patricia Clarkson, "The Elephant Man"
Lydia Leonard, "Wolf Hall: Parts One and Two"
Sarah Stiles, "Hand to God"
Julie White, "Airline Highway"
Best Direction of a Musical
Sam Gold, "Fun Home" WINNER
Casey Nicholaw, "Something Rotten!"
John Rando, "On the Town"
Bartlett Sher, "The King and I"
Christopher Wheeldon, "An American in Paris"
Best Direction of a Play
Stephen Daldry, "Skylight"
Marianne Elliott, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"
Scott Ellis,"You Can't Take It With You"
Jeremy Herrin, "Wolf Hall: Parts One and Two"
Moritz von Stuelpnagell, "Hand to God"
Best Choreography
Joshua Bergasse, "On the Town"
Christopher Gattelli, "The King and I"
Scott Graham and Steven Hogget, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"
Casey Nicholaw, "Something Rotten!"
Christopher Wheeldon, "An American in Paris" WINNER
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Jeanine Tesori/Lisa Kron, "Fun Home" WINNER
Sting, "The Last Ship"
Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick, "Something Rotten!"
John Kander and Fred Ebb, "The Visit"
Best Book of a Musical
Craig Lucas, "An American in Paris"
Lisa Kron, "Fun Home"
Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell, "Something Rotten!"
Terrence McNally, "The Visit"