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| Tim Mimchin with Sarah & Nel Minchin at the Helpmanns |
Legally Blonde swept the boards at the 2013
Helpmann Awards last night at the Sydney Opera House scooping up 5 gongs including
best musical, direction and choreography and an award for
Lucy Durack as best female actor in a musical.
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| the Tap Bros |
The spectacular Melbourne based stage event
King Kong, won four design awards for
costumes, lighting, sound and scenery, plus a special award for
Outstanding Theatrical Achievement. There are bound to be more plaudits for King Kong as it's heading for Broadway in the near future.
A total of 43 Helpmann Awards
were presented during a glitzy night honouring the
most outstanding live performances in Australia in the past year.
Colin Friels won for Death of a Salesman at Sydney's
Belvoir Street Theatre and Alison Bell won for her role in Hedda Gabler
at the State Theatre Company of South Australia.
Geoffrey Rush was named best male actor in a musical for
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
Paul Capsis (below right) Lucy Durack (right ) Elizabeth Debicki (below)
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| theatre heavyweights : Baz Luhrmann, Andrew Upton and a glamorous blonde |
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| Briden Star Helen Dallimore Erika Heynatz & Andrew Kingston Cheryl Barker |
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| heading for Broadway : King Kong |
Colin Friels won for Death of a Salesman at Sydney's
Belvoir Street Theatre and Alison Bell won for her role in Hedda Gabler
at the State Theatre Company of South Australia. Geoffrey Rush was named best male actor in a musical for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
