Catherine Zeta Jones dazzles as she returns to Broadway at the Tony Awards
She's had a troubled year, but there was no sign of strain as Catherine Zeta-Jones made a return to Broadway last night.
Looking stunning in a shimmering red gown, the actress took to the stage at the Tony Awards to present two awards.
And it seemed being in the spotlights reminded Catherine of her love of theatre - she said she would do a stage show in London 'if someone would ask me'.
Stunning: A smiling Catherine Zeta-Jones took to the stage at the Tony Awards in New York
On sparkling form: The actress is smiling again after a stressful year
The award winning actress said theatre was where she started her career.
'I got my big break tap dancing in 42nd Street in London. That's where it all started and I would love to do a show in London again but no one has asked me,' the actress said.
Catherine presented the best dramatic actor and best musical actor prizes at the Beacon Theatre.
Last year she was the winner, taking home the best actress in a musical Tony for her role in the Broadway revival of A Little Night Music.
The cast and company of War Horse partied through the night to celebrate the success of War Horse winning six Tony awards including a special prize to Handspring the South African-based creators of the puppet horses used in the play.
The poignant drama about a West country boy and his horse caught up in the field of battle during WW1 rode off with Broadway's top honour by winning the Tony Award for best play.
War Horse's win is a major triumph for the National Theatre which has enjoyed phenomenal success with War Horse which has had box office success on both sides of the Atlantic.
Well done: Winner of Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play, Mark Rylance, accepts his award from Catherine Zeta Jones
And a kiss for you: Winner of Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical Norbert Leo Butz accepts his award from Catherine
The show beat two American plays and the acclaimed British play Jerusalem to take the New York theatre's version of the Hollywood Oscar.
War Horse is running at the Lincoln Centre and has an advance ticket sale of over £7 million. It features real life actors with puppets playing the horses.
Steven Spielberg has directed a film version of War Horse which features real horses. It's being released later in the year.
Trey Parker who co- created, co-directed and co-produced Best musical winner The Book of Mormon won four Tony Awards at the ceremony - smashing the record held by Joshua Logan for over fifty years when he won four Tonys in one night for the original production of South Pacific.
Book of Mormon won a total of nine Tony Awards a haul that included trophies for best score and design.
Chris Rock presented the best musical award and joked that everyone knew who the winner was going to be.
Winners: Andrew Rannells and the cast of The Book of Mormon perform on stage during the 65th Annual Tony Awards which were held at the Beacon Theatre in New York
'Come on, it's like taking a hooker to dinner, we know what's going to win', Rock said.
Mormon has become a phenomenal hit in New York and plans are already underway to bring it to London next year.
Daniel Radcliffe whose great performance in the Broadway musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying was snubbed by the Tony nominating committee proved to be the evening's big trooper.
He led How To Succeed's company on stage at the Beacon Theatre in a rousing performance of The Brotherhood of Man.
Later Daniel presented the night's best actress honours.
They went to Frances McDormand ,best dramatic actress for the play Good People, while Sutton Foster scooped the best actress in a musical prize for her tap-dancing, high-kicking performance in the musical Anything Goes.
Other prizes went to Ellen Barkin, best featured actress for A Normal Heart while her co star John Benjamin Hickey took the best featured actor statuette.
Best Play
War Horse by Nick Stafford
Best Musical
The Book of Mormon
Best Book of a Musical
The Book of Mormon, Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone
Best Original Score
The Book of Mormon, music and lyrics Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone
Best Revival of a Play
The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
Best Revival of a Musical
Anything Goes
Lead Actor in a Play
Mark Rylance, Jerusalem
Lead Actress in a Play
Frances McDormand, Good People
Lead Actor in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can
Lead Actress in a Musical
Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
Featured Actor in a Play
John Benjamin Hickey, The Normal Heart
Featured Actress in a Play
Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart
Featured Actor in a Musical
John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Featured Actress in a Musical
Nikki M. James, The Book of Mormon
Best Direction of a Play
Marianne Elliott, Tom Morris, War Horse
Best Direction of a Musical
Casey Nicholaw, Trey Parker, The Book of Mormon
Best Choreography
Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes
Best Orchestrations
Larry Hochman, 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, Lizzy Gardiner, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Best Lighting Design of a PlayPaule 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 Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater
Athol Fugard
Philip J. Smith
Philip J. Smith
Regional Theater Tony Award
Lookingglass Theatre Company (Chicago, IL)
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
The Drama Book Shop
Sharon Jensen and Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts
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