'Once' crowned best musical at the Tony Awards
By MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press
Jun 10, 2012 10:37 PM CDT
In this theater image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Steve Kazee, left, and Cristin Milioti are shown in a scene from "Once," in New York. Milioti is nominated for a Tony Award for best actress in a musical. The Tony Awards will be held on Sunday, June 10 on CBS. (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Joan...   (Associated Press)

The bittersweet romantic musical "Once" has won the best musical prize at the Tony Awards.

The musical is based on the documentary-style 2006 film about an unlikely love affair between a Czech flower seller and an Irish street musician in Dublin.

Both the film and musical use songs by Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard, including the sublime, 2007 Oscar-winning song, "Falling Slowly." It stars Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti.

It beat out "Newsies," `'Nice Work If You Can Get It" and "Leap of Faith."