Darren Criss has successfully secured his first award in the history of the Tony Award.
On Sunday, June 8, at the Tony Award ceremony which was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, the 38-year-old actor, singer, and songwriter won his award in the category of Best Actor in a Musical.
Referring to the robot character he played in the original musical, Criss said in his speech, “A lot of humans got me here.”
“The real hero about this for this remarkable journey is my wife, Mia, who took a massive swing on allowing me to do this,” he added, dedicating his award to his wife Mia.
“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,” the star of American Horror Story noted.
Criss went on to smilingly quip, “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.”
It is pertinent to mention that the Glee star received his first Tony Award nomination for his role in Maybe Happy Ending as Oliver this year.
