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"Last night, the 66th Annual Tony Awards were a smashing success, especially for the musical &amp;#039;Once,&amp;#039; which cleaned up with 8 awards, including best musical and best lead performance by an actor, which went to Steve Kazee. Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, the show was unforgettable with performances by the cast of &amp;quot;Peter and the Starcatcher&amp;quot; and from Tracie Bennett who stars as Judy Garland in the musical, &amp;quot;End of the Rainbow.&amp;quot; What really made these Broadway stars shine were the acceptance speeches. Audra McDonald, who&amp;#039;s already won four times as a featured actress, took home the award for best lead actress in a musical category for her role as Bess in &amp;quot;The Gershwins&amp;#039; Porgy and Bess.&amp;quot; In an emotional acceptance speech, she looked back at herself as the &amp;quot;little girl with a pot belly&amp;quot; who eventually put her heart into theater. Another speech that left the crowd in awe was from James Corden, who won best lead actor in a play for his performance in &amp;quot;One Man, Two Guvnors.&amp;quot; Corden is best known for his role as Timms, the adorably portly character in 2006&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;The History Boys.&amp;quot; After beating out Philip Seymour Hoffman&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;Death of a Salesman&amp;quot; performance, Corden praised his fianc\u00E9e, Julia Carey and their son Max for making him the man that he is today. It is always exciting to watch the Tony&amp;#039;s and appreciate the theatric arts. Did you see the show last night? Tell us what you thought and which musicals and plays you want to see this summer on Broadway! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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