New Orleans resident Michael Cerveris won the Tony Award for best leading actor in a musical during Sunday’s Tony Awards ceremony at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
“Wow, you have made a lot of people in New Orleans really happy right now,” Cerveris said. “Who dat!”
In “Fun Home,” Cerveris plays the father whose family business is the Bechdel Funeral Home. It’s his second Tony award.
“Our show is about home,” he said. “It’s about finding who you are.