Darren Criss Is Halfway to an EGOT

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It was Glee-on-Glee violence at the 2025 Tony Awards. Darren Criss (Blaine Anderson) beat Jonathan Groff (Jesse St. James) and four other fellas who weren’t on Glee for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. Former Warbler Criss won for his role in Maybe Happy Ending, a romantic musical about two robots in love co-starring Helen Shen and a plant called HwaBoon. The musical tied with Buena Vista Social Club and Death Becomes Her for most nominations this year...