The bittersweet romantic musical "Once" has won the best musical prize at the Tony Awards. 
 
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 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... (Associated Press) 
 
 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." ||||| "Once" was the big winner at the Tony Awards on Sunday, taking home eight awards, including best new musical. 
 
 
 
 Based on the 2006 indie movie of the same name, "Once" is a modestly scaled romantic reverie that is leagues different in tone and size from last year's musical winner, "The Book of Mormon." 
 
 
 
 Sunday's ceremony, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, took placed at the Beacon Theatre in New York. "Once" also won awards for actor Steve Kazee, director John Tiffany and playwright Enda Walsh, who wrote the book for the musical. 
 
 
 
 TONYS 2012: Red carpet | Winners & Nominees ||||| Here is the full list of Tony nominations for 2012 (WINNERS are noted): 
 
 Play 
 
 "Clybourne Park," Bruce Norris WINNER 
 
 "Other Desert Cities," Jon Robin Baitz 
 
 "Peter and the Starcatcher," Rick Elice 
 
 "Venus in Fur," David Ives 
 
 Musical 
 
 "Leap of Faith" 
 
 "Newsies" 
 
 "Nice Work If You Can Get It" 
 
 "Once" WINNER 
 
 Revival of a play 
 
 "Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman" WINNER 
 
 "Gore Vidal’s The Best Man" 
 
 "Master Class" 
 
 "Wit" 
 
 Revival of a musical 
 
 "Evita" 
 
 "Follies" 
 
 "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" WINNER 
 
 "Jesus Christ Superstar" 
 
 Book of a musical 
 
 "Lysistrata Jones," Douglas Carter Beane 
 
 "Newsies," Harvey Fierstein 
 
 "Nice Work If You Can Get It," Joe DiPietro 
 
 "Once," Enda Walsh WINNER 
 
 Original score (music and/or lyrics) written for the theater 
 
 "Bonnie & Clyde," music: Frank Wildhorn; lyrics: Don Black 
 
 "Newsies," music: Alan Menken; lyrics: Jack Feldman WINNER 
 
 "One Man, Two Guvnors," music & lyrics: Grant Olding 
 
 "Peter and the Starcatcher," music: Wayne Barker; lyrics: Rick Elice 
 
 Performance by an actor in a leading role in a play 
 
 James Corden, "One Man, Two Guvnors" WINNER 
 
 Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman" 
 
 James Earl Jones, "Gore Vidal’s The Best Man" 
 
 Frank Langella, "Man and Boy" 
 
 John Lithgow, "The Columnist" 
 
 Performance by an actress in a leading role in a play 
 
 Nina Arianda, "Venus in Fur" WINNER 
 
 Tracie Bennett, "End of the Rainbow" 
 
 Stockard Channing, "Other Desert Cities" 
 
 Linda Lavin, "The Lyons" 
 
 Cynthia Nixon, "Wit" 
 
 Performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical 
 
 Danny Burstein, "Follies" 
 
 Jeremy Jordan, "Newsies" 
 
 Steve Kazee, "Once" WINNER 
 
 Norm Lewis, "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" 
 
 Ron Raines, "Follies" 
 
 Performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical 
 
 Jan Maxwell, "Follies" 
 
 Audra McDonald, "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" WINNER 
 
 Cristin Milioti, "Once" 
 
 Kelli O’Hara, "Nice Work If You Can Get It" 
 
 Laura Osnes, "Bonnie & Clyde" 
 
 Performance by an actor in a featured role in a play 
 
 Christian Borle, "Peter and the Starcatcher" WINNER 
 
 Michael Cumpsty, "End of the Rainbow" 
 
 Tom Edden, "One Man, Two Guvnors" 
 
 Andrew Garfield, "Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman" 
 
 Jeremy Shamos, "Clybourne Park" 
 
 Performance by an actress in a featured role in a play 
 
 Linda Emond, "Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman" 
 
 Spencer Kayden, "Don’t Dress for Dinner" 
 
 Celia Keenan-Bolger, "Peter and the Starcatcher" 
 
 Judith Light, "Other Desert Cities" WINNER 
 
 Condola Rashad, "Stick Fly" 
 
 
 
 Performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical 
 
 Phillip Boykin, "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" 
 
 Michael Cerveris, "Evita" 
 
 David Alan Grier, "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" 
 
 Michael McGrath, "Nice Work If You Can Get It" WINNER 
 
 Josh Young, "Jesus Christ Superstar" 
 
 Performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical 
 
 Elizabeth A. Davis, "Once" 
 
 Jayne Houdyshell, "Follies" 
 
 Judy Kaye, "Nice Work If You Can Get It" WINNER 
 
 Jessie Mueller, "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" 
 
 Da’Vine Joy Randolph, "Ghost the Musical" 
 
 Scenic design of a play 
 
 John Lee Beatty, "Other Desert Cities" 
 
 Daniel Ostling, "Clybourne Park" 
 
 Mark Thompson, "One Man, Two Guvnors" 
 
 Donyale Werle, "Peter and the Starcatcher" WINNER 
 
 Scenic design of a musical 
 
 Bob Crowley, "Once" WINNER 
 
 Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll, "Ghost the Musical" 
 
 Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel, "Newsies" 
 
 George Tsypin, "Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark" 
 
 
 
 Costume design of a play 
 
 William Ivey Long, "Don’t Dress for Dinner" 
 
 Paul Tazewell, "A Streetcar Named Desire" 
 
 Mark Thompson, "One Man, Two Guvnors" 
 
 Paloma Young, "Peter and the Starcatcher" WINNER 
 
 Costume design of a musical 
 
 Gregg Barnes, "Follies" WINNER 
 
 ESosa, "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" 
 
 Eiko Ishioka, "Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark" 
 
 Martin Pakledinaz, "Nice Work If You Can Get It" 
 
 Lighting design of a play 
 
 Jeff Croiter, "Peter and the Starcatcher" WINNER 
 
 Peter Kaczorowski, "The Road to Mecca" 
 
 Brian MacDevitt, "Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman" 
 
 Kenneth Posner, "Other Desert Cities" 
 
 Lighting design of a musical 
 
 Christopher Akerlind, "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess" 
 
 Natasha Katz, "Follies" 
 
 Natasha Katz, "Once" WINNER 
 
 Hugh Vanstone, "Ghost the Musical"
– The come-from-behind Broadway hit Once won a Tony Award—but it didn't just do it once. The sweet reverie based on the 2006 movie about the unlikely love affair between a Czech flower seller and Dublin street musician took home eight Tonys, including wins for Best New Musical, Best Musical Performance for actor Steve Kazee, and one for Enda Walsh, for Best Book of a Musical. Both the film and musical featured the Oscar-winning song, "Falling Slowly." Audra McDonald grabbed top honors for an actress in a musical for Porgy and Bess, which won Best Musical Revival. Best Dramatic Play was Clybourne Park, and Best Dramatic Performances went to James Corden for One Man, Two Guvnors, and Nina Arianda for Venus in Fur. The awards presentation, in Manhattan's Beacon Theater, was hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, and featured more performances than ever, reports the Los Angeles Times. Check here for a complete list of nominees and winners.