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Billy Elliot: The Musical stars Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish and David Alvarez hold up their Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical (the first time three actors were nominated for one role) at the 2009 Tony Awards held at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall on Sunday (June 7).
How adorkable were their acceptance speeches?!
Billy Elliot won the most statues of the night, picking up 10 Tonys including the coveted Best Musical. The all-American Hair won as Best Musical Revival.
Thanks for host Neil Patrick Harris, 7.5 million viewers tuned in, up about 20% from last year and the show’s highest ratings in three years. Watch NPH’s closing musical number below!
Neil Patrick Harris - Closing Number at 2009 Tony Awards
I was able to go to the rehearsals earlier that morning and NPH jokingly sang towards the end of the closing song, “Don’t Twitter all my jokes.” Ha!
Click inside for the full list of 2009 Tony Awards winners…
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TONY AWARD 2009 WINNERS
Best Musical
Billy Elliot
Best Actor in a Musical
David Alvarez, Kiril Kulish and Trent Kowalik, Billy Elliot
Best Actress in a Musical
Alice Ripley, Next to Normal
Best Revival of a Musical
Hair
Best Play
God of Carnage
Best Revival of a Play
The Norman Conquests
Best Actress in a Play
Marica Gay Harden, God of Carnage
Best Actor in a Play
Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Karen Olivo, West Side Story
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot
Best Special Theatrical Event
Liza Minnelli, Liza’s at the Palace
Best Direction of a Musical
Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot
Best Direction of a Play
Matthew Warchus, God of Carnage
Best Original Score
Tom Kitt (music) and Brian Yorkey (lyrics), Next to Normal
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Roger Robinson, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Best Book of a Musical
Lee Hall, Billy Elliot
Best Choreography
Peter Darling, Billy Elliot
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Paul Arditti, Billy Elliot
Best Sound Design of a Play
Gregory Clarke, Equus
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Ian MacNeil, Billy Elliot
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Derek McLane, 33 Variations
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Tim Hatley, Shrek The Musical
Best Costume Design of a Play
Anthony Ward, Mary Stuart
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Rick Fisher, Billy Elliot
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Brian MacDevitt, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Best Orchestrations
(Tie between)
Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt, Next to Normal
and Martin Koch, Billy Elliot
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i love nph and he was a good host for the tony’s. loved his shiny suit. yaaaayyyyyyyyyy billy elliot and elton, david, and david alvarez!!!!
loved the show last night, all the performances were great. the billys acceptance speech really was so adorable. the tony awards always make me want to live in manhattan
yes nph is great actor
“the tony awards always make me want to live in manhattan”
me too. we get a lot of shows here that come from new york, but i don’t get a lot of chances to go an see more than a couple productions a year which bites huge. ugh. i was sitting down watching this and saw that equus win best set and was like fcuck i needed to see that play. theatre’s the best.
Hi Tyler!!
haha. that was hilarious. i didn;t watch the tony’s but i really like his ong. i didn’t know he could sing!
the gay awards. LOL..
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i bet all 3 of these little boys have already kissed boys.
Great song and great singer! :)
#7: YOU’RE AN *******!!!
I know NPH is gay, but I’d do him!!! I love him. He was the best host EVER for the Tony’s — with the exceptionof Hugh Jackman. How he could remember the song when the winners were just announced minutes away was beyond me. He did great.
F u g F a c e M a n ! s t o n.
Has anyone told you lately that you are complete jerk?!!!! If not, well I just did!!
@F u g F a c e M a n ! s t o n: I kiss boys all the time!
Congratulations Billy Elliot for the prizes.
honestly Jared? adorkable? i dont even think i’ve ever used that word..
Billy Elliot boys are so cute!
LOVE LOVE LOVE him!!!!!
THE TONY AWARDS ARE FOR GAYS! IT IS A SICKENING AWARD FOR SICK PEOPLE! BROADWAY IS THE GREAT GAY WAY AND NOTHING MORE! YOU SINNERS.
Alvarez looks like an illegal.
Only watched some of it but Rock of Ages was cool in a straight way
I don’t know if they’ll air the Tony Awards here in Oz, but NPH sounded wonderful! I knew he could sing but didn’t realise he could sing that well. :)
I don’t know if they’ll air the Tony Awards here in Oz, but NPH sounded wonderful! I knew he could sing but didn’t realise he could sing that well. :)
#16 - SICKENING! @ 06/08/2009 at 6:36 pm : Get a life. I’d rather be a sinner any day rather than be a close-minded, whiny, miserable little f***wit like you.
i was at the tony’s!
and i met kiril kulish and david bologna!
they are so so cute. and i’m so happy that the billy’s won (sadly, david didn’t). it was one of the greatest experiences of my life.
everyone should see billy elliot.
Great Tonys. NPH was so fun as host, and three cheers for Billy Elliot, one of the most moving and thrilling shows I’ve ever seen.
I saw Trent in the show, wow. Also have seen many videos with each of the three boys and think they deserved the joint win. And the direction of Stephen Daltry was flawless, and congrats to all of the artists who won for that and other top quality shows. Great!
I’ve never watched the Tony’s before but I did for some odd reason this year and they were actually pretty good!
The album is a nice collection of music. They deserve the award.
Album really deserve awards. A nice compilation of work is done.
Th award winners really deserved the prestige they got. I watched Billy Elliot twice at a stretch and loved the movie. Really nice music made more fantastic by powerful acting and dance.
Though I like Billy Eliot-1 better, I still think that the musical is really worth the award. The young boys have done a great job indeed.
Was not able to watch 2009 Tony awards. Thanks for the info.
Just awesome, really!
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