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    Here Are Your 2009 Tony Award Winners

    Were we the only ones feeling ill having to choose between watching the last minute of regulation of Game Two of the NBA Finals or the performance by the cast of Hair at the Tony Awards? Regardless, here are the winners.

    Best Play- God of Carnage
    Best Musical- Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Best Revival of a Play- The Norman Conquests
    Best Revival of a Musical- Hair
    Best Actor in a Play- Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King
    Best Actress in a Play- Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage
    Best Actor in a Musical- David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish (Three actors all playing the same character) Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Best Actress in a Musical- Alice Ripley, Next to Normal
    Best Featured Actor in a Play- Roger Robinson, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
    Best Featured Actress in a Play- Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit
    Best Featured Actor in a Musical- Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Best Featured Actress in a Musical- Karen Olivo, West Side Story
    Best Director of a Play- Matthew Marchus, God of Carnage
    Best Director of a Musical- Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Best Choreography- Peter Darling, Billy Elliot The Musical
    Best Book of a Musical- Billy Elliot, The Musical
    Best Original Score- Next to Normal

    The above are the winners of the major categories. For the complete list of all the winners at the 2009 Tony Awards, visit the LA Times blog "The Envelope."

    And if you happened to miss it, the onstage beheading of Bret Michaels was a golden moment.


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