has made history, becoming the first Australian production to win a Tony Award for best musical.– based on Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film and due to open in Australia this year – swept the Tony Awards held on Sunday in New York, winning 10 awards including those for best musical, best director, best actor and best choreography.
Australian producer Carmen Pavlovic said it was an honour to bring the masterpiece of fellow Australians Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin to the stage. The musical, produced by Global Creatures, the most an Australian production company has received in the history of the prestigious theatrical awards.Credit:“I feel that every show of last season deserves to be thought of as the best musical,” Pavlovic said in her acceptance speech at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre.
“The shows that opened, the shows that closed, not to return, the shows that nearly opened and of course the shows that paused and are fortunate enough to be reborn. Best musical is all those shows. Best is what we’ve had to find in ourselves as we’ve walked this unimaginable journey and carried our shows across the desert. ‘Best’ is what we know we need to become as we reimagine the Broadway of the future.
Des Flanagan, who plays the male lead role of Christian in the Australian production, said the cast had communicated throughout the Tonys telecast and they were filled with pride for the bumper number of awards won. The awards ceremony featured an electrifying performance of the musical’s opening medley, beginning with“If the anticipation was not high enough already, this shows the Melbourne public the calibre of this show that’s about to hit the Regent Theatre,” Flanagan said.
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