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Filipino-Americans Nicole Scherzinger, Darren Criss win Tony Awards

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17494434824432-Composite.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>Fil-Ams Nicole Scherzinger (left) and Darren Criss win big at the 78th Tony Awards. Tony Awards/Instagram </div>Two Filipino-Americans emerged victorious in this year&#x27;s Tony Awards, which celebrates the best in Broadway theater. Nicole Scherzinger, a former Pussycat Dolls member, won Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical. She heads the cast of the acclaimed revival of &quot;Sunset Boulevard.&quot;Hollywood actor Darren Criss, on the other hand, bagged the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical award for &quot;Maybe Happy Ending.&quot;Other Fil-Ams nominated this year are Conrad Ricamora (Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for &quot;Oh Mary&quot;) and Clint Ramos (Best Costume Design of a Musical for &quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot;).The 78th Tony Awards was held at the Radio City Music Hall in New York on Sunday (Monday in Manila) and was hosted by &quot;Wicked&quot; star Cynthia Erivo.Filipina theater star Lea Salonga, the first Asian to win a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical, was also part of the event as a presenter.<div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-1" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DKpXjubOqg0/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A21881438.200000003%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="668" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>Below is the full list of winners of this year&#x27;s Tonys:- Best Book of a Musical: Will Aronson and Hue Park (&quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot;)- Best Sound Design of a Play: Paul Arditti (&quot;Stranger Things: The First Shadow&quot;)- Best Sound Design of a Musical: Jonathan Deans (&quot;Buena Vista Social Club&quot;)- Best Orchestrations: Marco Paguia (&quot;Buena Vista Social Club&quot;)- Best Choreography: Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck (&quot;Buena Vista Social Club&quot;)- Best Lighting Design of a Play: Jon Clark (&quot;Stranger Things: The First Shadow&quot;)- Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Jack Knowles (&quot;Sunset Boulevard&quot;)- Best Scenic Design of a Play: Miriam Buether and 59 (&quot;Stranger Things: The First Shadow&quot;)- Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Dane Laffrey and George Reeve (&quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot;)- Best Costume Design of a Play: Marg Horwell (&quot;The Picture of Dorian Gray&quot;)- Best Costume Design of a Musical: Paul Tazewell (&quot;Death Becomes Her&quot;)- Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Will Aronson and Hue Park (&quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot;)- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Sarah Snook (&quot;The Picture of Dorian Gray&quot;)- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Cole Escola (&quot;Oh, Mary!&quot;)- Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Francis Jue (&quot;Yellow Face&quot;)- Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Kara Young (&quot;Purpose&quot;)- Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Jak Malone (&quot;Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical&quot;)- Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Natalie Venetia Belcon (&quot;Buena Vista Social Club&quot;)- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Darren Criss (&quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot;)- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Nicole Scherzinger (&quot;Sunset Boulevard&quot;)- Best Play: &quot;Purpose&quot; by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins- Best Revival of a Play: &quot;Eureka Day&quot; by Jonathan Spector- Best Direction of a Play: Sam Pinkleton (&quot;Oh, Mary!&quot;)- Best Musical: &quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot;- Best Revival of a Musical: &quot;Sunset Boulevard&quot; - Best Direction of a Musical: Michael Arden (&quot;Maybe Happy Ending&quot;)- 2025 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award: Celia Keenan-Bolger- 2025 Lifetime Achievement Tony Award: Harvey Fierstein- 2025 Special Tony Award: Buena Vista Social Club Band