The June 8 Tony Awards® ceremony marked a spectacular night of wins for shows in the Broadway Collection. At the 78th annual ceremony, five of the most popular shows for visitors to New York City brought home awards and dazzled viewers with electrifying performances.

Hosted by Wicked film star Cynthia Erivo, the awards recognize impressive achievements on stage and behind the scenes. Among the Broadway Collection winners is, Maybe Happy Ending, the big winner of the night with six awards, including the coveted Best Musical and Best Director for Michael Arden. Star Darren Criss took home Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his performance as Oliver. Buena Vista Social Club and Operation Mincemeat both took home awards for Best Featured Actress and Best Featured Actor, respectively. Buena Vista Social Club was also awarded Best Choreography, Best Orchestrations, and Best Sound Design. Death Becomes Her also went home with the award for Best Costume Design.

The only Broadway Collection play nominated this year, Stranger Things: The First Shadow took home three awards, including Best Scenic Design of a Play, Best Lighting Design, and Best Sound Design. A prequel to the events of the hit Netflix series Stranger Things, the spin-off play takes audience members back to 1959 Hawkins, Indiana before the world turned upside down.    

Maybe Happy Ending marks Darren Criss's return to Broadway as he stars in the romantic, poignant musical comedy about two robots' surprising and charming adventure in futuristic Seoul. Reaching the end of their warranty, Oliver and Claire form an unexpected bond in the musical about love, humanity, and serendipity.

Taking its inspiration from Wim Wenders' 1999 documentary on the making of the album of the same name, Buena Vista Social Club tells the true story of musicians navigating the Cuban Revolution. Set in Havana, Cuba, the musical follows the lives of four musicians during the rise of Fidel Castro and communism, and the blazing trumpets and sizzling guitars that changed the trailblazing sound of Havana forever.

The cult classic film Death Becomes Her comes to life full of camp and satire, bringing frenemies Madeline Ashton (Tony nominee Megan Hilty) and Helen Sharp (Tony nominee Jennifer Simard) to life. After getting her husband stolen by Madeline, Helen plots revenge, until their world is turned upside down after one sip of a magic potion giving them eternal life—and an eternal grudge.

Operation Mincemeat is a musical comedy is based on the true story of the 1943 British deception operation to disguise the Allied invasion of Sicily. With dark humor drawn from sketch and screwball comedy, it recounts the hilarious and improbable true story of a covert WWII mission.

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