The 2025 Tony Awards honored the best shows of the year for once!

“Maybe” schmaybe.Sunday night was a signed, sealed, delivered happy ending for “Maybe Happy Ending,” the stratospherically original South Korean gem about robots in love starring Darren Criss that deservedly won the Tony Award for Best Musical.What a stunning achievement for the little show that almost didn’t open.Gleeky Criss also earned his first Tony for Best Actor in a Musical — one of the production’s five total.I know, I know — their performance on the telecast was meh.Microscopic in that 50th Street barn.

But go see “Maybe Happy Ending” at the intimate Belasco Theatre.It’s sublime in person.Ditto — but different — for “Purpose,” playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ scintillating drama at the Hayes about a bickering black political dynasty that took home Best Play.

Hysterical and vicious, it’s the season’s meaty tomahawk steak.The Tonys, back home at Radio City Musical Hall for the first time since 2022, finally felt like they were back to their old selves again.The last few years have been quiet, dinky, dark and apologetic.But last night was euphoric.

And several productions that performed came off fabulously on the broadcast, hosted by “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo, which is watched by about 3.5 million people.That’s barely a drop in the viewership bucket compared to the Oscars.The Super Bowl? Fuggedaboutit.

But the teeny Tonys exist to sell targeted products that are housed in just 41 theaters across a few blocks in Manhattan.That 3.5 million matters.What won our wallets?“Death Becomes Her”’s performance of “For the Gaze” with Megan Hilty was shimmering and hilarious.

It’ll sell tickets.“Buena Vista Social Club” showcased its electrifying Tony-winning dance and transportive Cuban music.

The show’s box office — or website, anyway — will get a lot of traffic.The ingenious Tony Award winner for Best Revival of a Musical “Sunset Boulevard” has only a month left.Sprint, don’t run.

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