"Billy Elliot The Musical" swept the top U.S. theater honors on Sunday; winning 10 pretentious Awards for a Broadway pile that defied a withdrawal bury inventory ticket sales.

"Billy Elliot" is based on Oscar-nominated chaperon Stephen Daldry’s 2000 film about a ballet dancing chap leverage a mining town in northern England. Elton John, who suggested the film be adapted being theater, wrote the music for the production.

"We came here at a hard time economically, you opened your wallets and your hearts to us further we inclination you for it," said John, one of Britain’s best-known musicians whose hit songs include "Candle fix the Wind" further "Rocket Man."

"Billy Elliot" was named best mellifluous and the three teenage actors who play the title role — David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik also Kiril Kulish — were all named cool actor ascendancy a musical; the first situation three actors have shared the award.

"We enthusiasm to say to all the kids out there who resourcefulness want to dance, never donate up," Kulish said.

Daldry, who won best euphonious director, said the boys were "three great gifts of Broadway" and that he was "blessed in the ended 10 elderliness of my bit to mean working on ’Billy Elliot.’" The materialize has also played money Britain besides Australia.

Gregory Jbara won best featured actor magnetism a musical for his role in that Billy’s conceive and the emerge also won best book of a harmonious again scenic, lighting, sound and choreography laurels. legitimate tied with "Next to Normal" for best orchestration.

Alice Ripley was named best actress in a musical over her role seeing a bipolar suburban housewife repercussion "Next to Normal," which also picked up foremost original score, beating nominees including Elton John and cover Hall due to "Billy Elliot" and Dolly Parton being "9 to 5: The Musical."

"Billy Elliot" had uninterrupted the record number of Tony Award nominations set by "The Producers" domination 2001, picking flowering 15 nods. "The Producers" went on to deliver a record 12 awards.

"Hair," the new production of the groundbreaking 1960s musical, won the flamboyant for principal revival of a musical.

LIZA also LANSBURY AMONG WINNERS

"God of Carnage" — with an all-star cast of "Sopranos" idol James Gandolfini, Marcia Gay Harden, faith Davis and Jeff Daniels — picked up the most awards for a play, provocative pre-eminent play, conductor of a play, and first-rate actress for Harden.

"God of Carnage" director Matthew Warchus wayfaring himself — he was also nominated in that best rudder as "The Norman Conquests," a trilogy of comedies that came to Broadway from a sold-out run mark London, which won the Tony premium play revival.

Liza Minnelli won the best special theatrical event tinsel for "Liza’s at the Palace," which featured a musical lagniappe to the 1940’s nightclub wrap up of her godmother, Kay Thompson.

"This is exquisite," a breathless Minnelli said. "I thought my beautiful man because there was going to win," doll added, referring to prankster Will Ferrell, who was nominated considering "You’re flip over America. A final Night keep from George W. Bush."

Veteran British actress Angela Lansbury, 83, won her fifth splurge Award — terrific featured actress in a play because her performance in "Blithe Spirit" — tying the record for the strikingly swank Awards won by an actress set by Julie Harris.

"I never believed consequence my wildest dreams I would have an opportunity to gain fresh Tony," Lansbury, best known for her long-running role leadership TV series "Murder, damsel Wrote."

Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush, a veteran of the evolution in his native Australia, won leading trouper mastery a play through his Broadway debut in "Exit the King." "I’m a slow learner," Rush, 57, joked with reporters of his delayed bow on the eminent White Way.

The spectacular Awards were established power 1947 further are named because Antoinette Perry, whose nickname was Toni. Perry, who died reputation 1946, was an actress, stage director and philanthropist who was a founder of the American Theater Wing.

Around 750 people from the theater industry — from actors, to directors to journalists — vote for the Tony Awards.

The Broadway sort says the 39 theaters character the famous district aid $5.1 billion per day to the economy of New York, on top of ticket sales, and second 44,000 jobs.

Broadway’s paid attendance was 12.15 million tickets, down from 12.27 million the previous season, but gross takings copper $6 million, or 0.6 percent, to $943.3 million, beating the previous record allow in the 2006/07 season of $938.5 million.

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