Darren Criss also won his first Tony Award for 'Maybe Happy Ending' as did 'Succession' star Sarah Snook for 'The Picture of Dorian Gray.'

"People just want to pit us Broadway gals against each other, and I think it’s sad," the "Oh, Mary!" actor said.

Broadway's biggest celebrities like Nicole Scherzinger, Sadie Sink and Audra McDonald commanded the red carpet in show-stopping looks at the 78th Annual Tony Awards in New York City. See all the hottest fashion right here.

See Cynthia Erivo, Nicole Scherzinger, Cole Escola, Sarah Snook, Darren Criss and many more at the Met Gala afterparties

The Tony Awards featured performances from the above nominated musicals as well as Dead Outlaw, Floyd Collins, Gypsy, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, Pirates! The Penzance Musical, Just in Time and Real Women Have Curves. There was also a special appearance by 2019 Tony honor recipient Broadway Inspirational Voices.

The Tony Awards returned for a soulful celebration of the best musicals, plays and actors on stage. Check out the biggest winners of the night.

Purpose,” a drama that was commissioned and first produced by Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company, has won the Tony Award for best play.

Ingenuity and reinvention won big at the Tony Awards, where host Cynthia Erivo heralded the big headline of the night: “Broadway is officially back!” This season’s high-flying box-office numbers were juiced by an influx of Hollywood star vehicles, but the biggest artistic honors went to outside-the-box shows that gambled on big risks.

"Maybe Happy Ending" won best musical at Sunday's Tony Awards, where Darren Criss and Cole Escola took major prizes. Here's what you missed.

Bernadette Peters reacted to Cole Escola's Tony gown homage, calling the moment "lovely." Escola wore a custom Wiederhoeft gown inspired by Peters' 1999 look from the awards ceremony.