Helen Mirren, named best actress for playing Elizabeth II in The Audience
Your Majesty, you did it again.
Richard McCabe, who won for playing Harold Wilson in The Audience
I feel very honoured to have been singled out for this award among such fine quality work, especially since no one here has ever even heard of the prime minister who I play in the show. However, were he alive today, I know Harold Wilson would be very tickled at being featured in a hit Broadway show. So this is for you, Harold.
Annaleigh Ashford, best featured actress for her turn as a terrible ballerina in You Can’t Take It With You
I’m standing on the Radio City Music Hall stage for the worst dancing that ever happened on Broadway.
Jeanine Tesori, part of the first all-female team to win best score for Fun Home
I didn’t realise that a career in music was available to women ... For girls, you have to see it to be it.
Simon Stephens, a winner for his adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
This play is written so that my children, Oscar, Stanley, and Scarlet can finally go and see what their dad did for a living without any swear words or extreme violence in it.
Alex Sharp, who won for his starring role in the same play
Oh my god, oh my god. Wow, that’s so crazy. Oh geez! This time last year, I picked up my diploma graduating from Juilliard. So holding this is insane.
John Cameron Mitchell, special award-winner for his work on Hedwig and the Angry Inch
People say: oh everything’s been done and nothing is new. But I say: turn off the internet and find all of the things that you love in the world and you might come up with something special.
Ruthie Ann Miles, best featured actress winner for Lady Thiang in The King and I
I feel like royalty.
Kelli O’Hara, who won (finally!) for playing Anna in The King and I
I love what I do and I don’t need this, but now that I have it, I’ve got some things to say ... My parents who are sitting next to me for the sixth time: you don’t have to pretend it’s OK this time.
Host Alan Cumming, in Kelli O’Hara’s dress:
Eat your heart out, Kelli O’Hara.
