'The Book of Mormon' scoops Tonys
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A scene from The Book of Mormon. Photo: CFP |
Irreverent musical The Book of Mormon, an affectionate spoof about Mormons from the creators of the TV show South Park, scooped the major honors at the Tony Awards held on Sunday, winning nine trophies.
The hit show about two young present-day Mormon missionaries sent to Uganda won some of the night's top awards including best musical, original score, best book, best direction and best actress in a featured role in a musical at the awards for Broadway's best musicals and plays.
The British import to Broadway, War Horse, adapted by Nick Stafford from the 1982 novel of the same name, which uses puppets to tell the story of World War I and a soldier's quest to find his horse and bring him home, won a total of five major awards, including best play.
Actress Frances McDormand won best actress in a leading role in a play for her turn as a tough single mother in the play Good People, while Mark Rylance beat out Al Pacino to win the top acting award in a play for his turn in Jerusalem.
The awards were handed out at New York's Beacon Theater in a live televised event hosted by actor Neil Patrick Harris.
Other major winners included best play revival winner, The Normal Heart, a semi-autobiographical play that focuses on the AIDS crisis, which premiered in 1985. It won three awards, including for actors Ellen Barkin and John Benjamin Hickey.
A revival of the musical Anything Goes won three awards, led by best actress in a musical winner Sutton Foster, while John Larroquette won best featured role in a musical for How to Success in Business Without Really Trying.
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