Tony Awards laud android rom-com Maybe Happy Ending and history-making Purpose

Darren Criss accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical for Maybe Happy Ending during the 78th Tony Awards (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Maybe Happy Ending, a rom-com about a pair of androids falling in love, took home the Tony Award for best new musical on Sunday.

Its star, Darren Criss, had won the leading actor in a musical award just minutes before. He also hosted the Tonys pre-show.