Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Rebels win the day at the Tony awards

REVOLUTION and rebellion were the theme of this year's big Tony Awards winners: Tom Stoppard's Russian revolutionary drama and the rock musical Spring Awakening about angry teenagers learning about sex.

Stoppard's 8½-hour trilogy The Coast of Utopia won seven awards on Sunday, including best play and director, while Spring Awakening dominated the musical categories, with eight prizes, including best musical and direction of a musical.