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Winokur gushed as she picked up the actress-musical prize Hairspray' Wins Best Musical at Tonys Jun 8, 11:01 PM EST "Hairspray," the Broadway season's biggest musical hit, took firm hold of Sunday night's Tony Awards, collecting eight prizes, including best musical The show's creator, Twyla Tharp, also garnered the award for choreography "Take Me Out," Richard Greenberg's drama about a gay baseball player who comes out of the closet, was chosen best play "If anyone cuts me off, there's a virtual orchestra at `Hairspray' on Tuesday," he said, alluding to how the threat of virtual (computer-driven) orchestras was an issue in the dispute "If a 4-foot-11, chubby, New York girl can be a leading lady in a Broadway show and win a Tony," she said to raucous cheers, "then anything can happen!" "Hairspray" also garnered Tonys for book, score, direction-musical and costumes In an upset, a visibly shocked Joe Mantello received the direction prize for his work on "Take Me Out" ââ‚¬â€? an award that Robert Falls of "Long Day's Journey Into Night" was favored to win " An emotional Redgrave, winning her first Tony, recalled all the American actors, singers and dancers who inspired her over the years as she accepted her award Jane Krakowski, who makes a spectacular airborne entrance and exit in "Nine," was chosen best featured-actress in a musical "Acting is a team sport and we have the best team in the world," said an enthusiastic Denis O'Hare as he picked up the prize for featured actor Jack O'Brien, the show's director, also was honored The award for special theatrical event went to "Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway " Billy Joel, who won a pre-telecast award for orchestrations, opened the 2003 Tony ceremonies in Times Square, singing "New York State of Mind It was Fierstein's fourth Tony Award, having won previously as the star and author of "Torch Song Trilogy" in 1983 and as author of the book for "La Cage aux Folles" in 1984 When he took the stage, Fierstein said, "Boy, am I glad this was not a beauty contest," looking at Banderas, his main competition " The Tonys, chosen in 22 categories, are voted on by more than 700 members of the theatrical community and journalists O'Hare plays a nebbish business manager who discovers the joys of baseball in "Take Me Out Marc Shaiman, composer of "Hairspray," jokingly referred to the short musicians strike that shut down Broadway musicals in March during his acceptance speech Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, the two authors of "Hairspray," consciously talked over each other while proclaiming the need for collaboration and listening to each other " Michele Pawk, who played Carol Burnett's alcoholic mother in the short-lived "Hollywood Arms," won the featured-actress prize Harvey Fierstein won for his portrayal of hefty matriarch Edna Turnblad; Dick Latessa for playing Edna's diminutive husband, Wilbur, and Marissa Jaret Winokur for her performance as their daughter, Tracy, a perky, pudgy teenager determined to get on a television dance show William Ivey Long's outlandish 1960s clothes for "Hairspray," won the costume prize ââ‚¬â€?ââ‚¬â€?ââ‚¬â€? Associated Press writer Deepti Hajela contributed to this report "I have never ever been more proud to be a member of this community," said Pawk " The song is featured in "Movin' Out," a dance celebration of songs by Joel, who, along with Stuart Malina, won the award for best orchestrations Shaiman shared the award with co-lyricist Scott Wittman, with whom he's been partners ââ‚¬â€? professionally and personally ââ‚¬â€? for 25 years and to whom he declared his continued love A critically praised production of Eugene O'Neill's brooding masterpiece "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and an imaginative reworking of "Nine," starring Spanish heartthrob Antonio Banderas, took home the revival awards for play and musical Brian Dennehy and Vanessa Redgrave, portraying parents of a very different sort, won the best actor and actress prizes for their work as the fiercely combative James Tyrone and his morphine-addled wife, Mary, in "Long Day's Journey "La Boheme," Baz Luhrmann's lavish retelling of the Puccini opera, picked up two design awards, one for sets, created by Luhrmann's wife, Catherine Martin, and the other for lighting, by Nigel Levings As it should be "Men kissing each other on stage, drag queens, children ââ‚¬â€? it's a perfect world The "Hairspray" triumph was a family affair for three of its performers, who play mother, daughter and father in the musical, which is based on John Waters' campy film set in early 1960s Baltimore