'Maybe Happy Ending' Leads Tonys 2025 Wins as Darren Criss Takes Home the Best Actor Award!
Darren Criss and his new musical Maybe Happy Ending won big at the Tonys!
The 38-year-old actor picked up his first win at the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Darren won the award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his work in the new musical, which won six awards in total. Check out the FULL winners list for the Tonys.
Maybe Happy Ending also won Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical for Michael Arden, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Scenic Design of a Musical. Darren won a second award since he’s a producer on Maybe Happy Ending.
Darren emotionally thanked his wife Mia, who joined him on the carpet at the show.
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“The real hero about this for this remarkable journey is my wife, Mia, who took a massive swing on allowing me to do this,” Darren said. “To allow this crazy upheaval in our life, to make this logistically possible, and for bearing the brunt of raising two tiny friends under three, so that I could raise a singing robot at the Belasco Theatre eight times a week.”
“You’re the very pedestal that upholds the shiny spinny bit in our lives, and your love and your support for me and our beautiful children, combined with the miracle of working on something as magical as Maybe Happy Ending, has been and will always be award enough,” he added.
During the show, Darren performed the song “Never Fly Away” with his co-stars Helen J. Shen and Dez Duron. Castmate Marcus Choi also attended the show!
Get your tickets now to see Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway. Darren‘s final performance will be on August 31, but tickets are on sale through January 2026.