“I had no idea obviously — no one could — of the longevity of its life."
On Sunday, June 8, Broadway was celebrated during the 78th Tony Awards ceremony.
As brilliant acting and singing graced the stage for more than three hours, those doing the acting and singing were honored for their performances.
One of those performers was actor Darren Criss, best known for his television role as Blaine Anderson in “Glee.”
Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen perform a piece from the Broadway show #MaybeHappyEnding at the 2025 #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/sikZTHZpbw
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) June 9, 2025
During his acceptance speech after being awarded his first Tony Award, Criss thanked those who have made “Maybe Happy Ending” possible, which includes his co-stars, the director, the producers, but most importantly his wife, Mia Swier.
Criss and Swier have been married since February 2019. They share two children together, a daughter born in April 2022 and a son born in June 2024.
As Swier embraced Criss before watching from the audience as her husband accepted the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical, Criss called her “the real hero for this remarkable journey.”
As Criss continued, his wife was the one “who took a massive swing on allowing me to do this and 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.”
Darren Criss wins Lead Actor in a Musical for #MaybeHappyEnding at the 2025 #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/Iq3l7AHBrz
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) June 9, 2025
"Mia, you're the very pedestal that upholds the shiny, spinny bit in our lives,” Criss said while playing with the trophy, “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."
Although this is Criss first Tony Award, “Maybe Happy Ending” is far from his first Broadway performance. He has also worked in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”, and “American Buffalo.”
