Glen Ellyn's Sean Hayes wins a Tony
Former Glen Ellyn resident Sean Hayes won the Tony Award for leading actor in a play Sunday night for his tour-de-force performance as pianist/raconteur Oscar Levant in "Good Night, Oscar."
"This has got to be the first time an Oscar won a Tony," Hayes cracked in his acceptance speech.
An Emmy-winning veteran of the sitcom "Will & Grace," Hayes received a Joseph Jefferson Equity Award this past October for his work in the pre-Broadway run of "Good Night, Oscar" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.
Hayes was nominated for a 2010 Tony for his leading role in the revival of the musical "Promises, Promises" but lost to "La Cage aux Folles" star Douglas Hodge.
Hayes graduated from Glenbard West High School in 1988.
Sean Hayes stars as Oscar Levant in the Goodman Theatre's production of "Good Night, Oscar" in 2022.
Courtesy of Liz Lauren
Sean Hayes arrives at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday at the United Palace theater in New York.
Associated Press
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