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The Book of Mormon Wins Big at Tony Awards

The current critical and commercial darling of Broadway, The Book of Mormon, unsurprisingly reigned supreme at Sunday night's Tony Awards, taking home nine trophies including Best Musical. Its creators, South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone, as well as their collaborator, Avenue Q's Robert Lopez, snagged the honor for Best Book of a Musical.

Rich Juzwiak

The current critical and commercial darling of Broadway, The Book of Mormon, unsurprisingly reigned supreme at Sunday night's Tony Awards, taking home nine trophies including Best Musical. Its creators, South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone, as well as their collaborator, Avenue Q's Robert Lopez, snagged the honor for Best Book of a Musical.

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On the drama side, War Horse won Best Play among its five honors. The acclaimed redo of Larry Kramer's AIDS tale The Normal Heart won Best Revival of a Play, while Anything Goes was named Best Revival of a Musical.

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Frances McDormand, Ellen Barkin and John Larroquette were among the screen stars to be honored for their stage work this year. Fellow crossover star Neil Patrick Harris hosted the ceremony, which abounded with jokes about and a performance from the troubled musical Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark.

Neil Patrick Harris suits up to host the Tony Awards

The full list of winners:

Best Play: War Horse

Best Musical: The Book of Mormon

Best Book of a Musical: The Book of Mormon by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone

Best Original Score: The Book of Mormon by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone

Best Revival of a Play: The Normal Heart

Best Revival of a Musical: Anything Goes

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Mark Rylance, Jerusalem

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: France McDormand, Good People

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me if You Can

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Sutton Foster, Anything Goes

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: John Benjamin Hickey, The Normal Heart

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Nikki M. James, The Book of Mormon

Best Direction of a Play: Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, War Horse

Best Direction of a Musical: Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, The Book of Mormon

Best Choreography: Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes

Best Orchestrations: Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus, The Book of Mormon

Best Scenic Design of a Play: Rae Smith, War Horse

Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Scott Pask, The Book of Mormon

Best Costume Design of a Play: Desmond Heeley, The Importance of Being Earnest

Best Costume Design of a Musical: Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner, Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Best Lighting Design of a Play: Paule Constable, War Horse

Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Brian MacDevitt, The Book of Mormon

Best Sound Design of a Play: Christopher Shutt, War Horse

Best Sound Design of a Musical: Brian Ronan, The Book of Mormon

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater: Athol Fugard, Philip J. Smith

Regional Theater Tony Award: Lookingglass Theater Company (Chicago)

Isabelle Stevenson Award: Eve Ensler

Special Tony Award: Handspring Puppet Company

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre: William Berloni, The Drama Book Shop, Sharon Jensen and Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts