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  • June 11, 2012

    It was poised to be the tight race between the critical darling and the box office smash, but Once dominated the competition en route to winning 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The show, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, breezed through handing out awards and mixed in musical numbers, and even a few selections from nominated plays Peter and the Starcatcher (5 Tonys), One Man, Two Guvnors (1 Tony) and End of the Rainbow. There were emotional acceptance speeches galore from Steve Kazee, Best Actor in a Musical, talking about his mom who passed from cancer, to Audra McDonald, Best Actress in a Musical, talking about her daughter. The best bits came from Neil Patrick Harris, including a joke that saw him hanging like Spiderman behind the President of the Theater Wing and Angela Lansbury, mocking the technical malfunctions that plagued Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark.  Maybe one of these days the Oscars will take notice and hire him to host. Overall, the show was a success and capped another great Broadway season. The full winners list is available after the jump.

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    Tony Nominations Announced!

    "Once" adaptation leads the pack with 11 nominations

    May 1, 2012

    Who would have though that adaptations of a movie musical flop, an indie movie set in Dublin and a re-imagining of the greatest American opera would be in line for Broadway’s biggest award? The Tony Awards announced their nominees today with Once, an adaptation of the movie musical which won an Oscar for Best Original song, leading the way with 11 nominations. Two Gershwin musicals, The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and Nice Work if You Can Get It tied for 2nd with 10 nominations. Newsies, which flopped as a movie (starring a young Christian Bale!) but is earning raves on the Great White Way, is next in line with 8. On the play side, Peter and the Starcatcher, which tells the origins of Peter Pan, lead the way with 9 nominations and the revival of Death of a Salesman with Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield racked up 7 nominations.

    The full list of nominees is available after the jump.

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