`Kinky Boots`, `Matilda` win at Tony Awards 2013

Los Angeles: `Kinky Boots` and `Matilda the Musical` were among the major winners at the 2013 Tony Awards.

`Kinky Boots` - which won a total of six Tonys - was named `Best Musical`, and its star Billy Porter won `Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical. Cyndi Lauper beat nominees including `Matilda`s` Tim Minchin in the race for the `Best Original Score` prize, and the musical - based on the story behind the 2005 movie of the same name - also took home awards for choreography, sound design and orchestration. The Grammy award-winning musician later returned to the stage for a performance during the ceremony`s `In Memoriam` segment. `Matilda` took home a total of four awards - `Best Book of a Musical`, `Best Scenic Design of a Musical`, `Best Lighting Design of a Musical` and `Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical` for Gabriel Ebert. Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts beat Tom Hanks, Tom Sturridge, David Hyde Pearce and Nathan Lane to win `Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for `Who`s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?` The Edward Albee drama also took home the prize for `Best Revival of a Play`, while its director Pam MacKinnon was also recognised with an award. PTI