Christopher Austin, Don Sebesky, and Bill Elliott have won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. 

Christopher Wheeldon has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Choreography for AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. 

Christian Borle has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his role as 'The Bard' in SOMETHING ROTTEN. 

Lisa Kron (Lyrics) and Jeanine Tesori (Score) have won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) written for the theatre for FUN HOME.

Marianne Elliott has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME.  

Sam Gold has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for FUN HOME. 

Lisa Kron has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for FUUN HOME. 

They may be Tony nominated now, but they've seen hard times just like the rest of us. BroadwayWorld caught up with some of this year's nominees to find out where they worked before making it on the Great White Way. From waiting tables to roughing it on the farm, these actors know the grind. See what they had to say below!

The Tonys are looking awesome already!

Ruthie Ann Miles has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for THE KING AND I. The role marks her Broadway debut.

Annaleigh Ashford has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for her role of Essie Carmichael in YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU. 

Richard McCabe has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for his role as Prime Minister Harold Wilson in THE AUDIENCE. The role marks his Broadway debut. 

It's that time of year, and I can't help but wonder if your CD collection and iPod are Tonys ready. It's just a handful of hours until the 69th annual Tony Awards, which will be broadcast live on Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 8/7c on CBS. This Broadway season has some exciting contenders in the musical categories, and to get you ready for the big night, I'm recapping the albums you should be listening to (or at least pre-ordering).

Bob Crowley and 59 Productions have won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for An American in Paris.

It was announced today that Jennifer Lopez, Nick Jonas and Kiesza will introduce Broadway's new smash-hit musical, Finding Neverland, at the 69th Annual Tony Awards. The cast of Finding Neverland, led by Matthew Morrison and Kelsey Grammer, will perform the empowering Act 1 finale 'Stronger' during the biggest celebration of Broadway this Sunday, June 7 on CBS.

It's almost here! The 2015 Tony Awards will air on CBS Sunday night, June 7 at 8pm and, as usual, BroadwayWorld.com will be your one-stop shop for all things Tonys on Tony Day, Night and Beyond! Today, BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge caught up with co-hosts Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming during rehearsal at Radio City Music Hall - check out their choice words on how they're feeling about the big night below!

Bunny Christie and Finn Ross have won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Before Broadway's biggest night on Sunday, June 7th, 37 productions will have opened on Broadway in the 2014-15 season. Of those productions, 10 were eligible for Best New Musical and 11 were eligible for Best New Play at the 69th Annual Tony Awards. In these new plays and musicals, 213 actors made their Broadway debuts in new shows.

On last night's LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS, guest Elisabeth Moss gushed about receiving a Tony nomination for her play THE HEIDI CHRONICLES.

FTI are pleased to announce that comedian Joel Creasey is the official host of the 27th West Australian Screen Awards (WASAs).

The Tonys are looking spectacular already!

Roll out the red carpet! Just in time for the Tony Awards, CBS's Let's Make A Deal is putting on a show!

The Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have announced Corey Mitchell, Theater Arts Teacher at the Northwest School of the Arts in Charlotte, N.C., as the winner of the inaugural Excellence in Theatre Education Award. This year's finalists were Marianne Adams, Director of Education at the Grandstreet Theatre School in Helena, Mont., and Donald Hicken, Theatre Department Director at the Baltimore School for the Arts in Baltimore, Md.

For the first time since 1983 with LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, an Off-Broadway musical, HAMILTON, has won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical! The 60th Annual Drama Desk awards took place Sunday night, Sunday, May 31st at 8pm at The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street). BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was on hand to chat with all of the evenng's winners and you can check out interviews with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robert Fairchild, Alex Sharp, Annaleigh Ashford and more below!

Just weeks ago, the 2015 Tony nominees gathered to meet the press and BroadwayWorld was on hand for the big day. Throughout the month, we will continue our Tonys coverage by bringing you exclusive photos by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride! Below, meet Geneva Carr, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play nominee for Hand to God.