Tony awards 2021: Australian musical Moulin Rouge! triumphs in a Broadway celebration
by Benjamin Lee in New York from on (#5Q14C)
The adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's musical picked up 10 awards in a ceremony that also acted as a comeback for New York theatre
Moulin Rouge! swept the board at the 2021 Tony awards, picking up 10 trophies during a ceremony that also acted as a celebration of the return of Broadway.
The adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's 2001 Oscar-winning musical, which reopened on 24 September, became the first Australian-produced show to win a Tony for best musical, beating Jagged Little Pill and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical.
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