And neither is this year's Tony award-winner for Best Musical, Avenue Q, which features a gay Republican puppet.
It has also produced Broadway shows, including Spamalot, which got a Tony award for Best Musical in 2005.
Despite having the most nominations, Sweeney Todd was beaten to the prize of best musical by The Go-Between.
When those friends began building their own group, Drew borrowed talent from some of his city's best musical acts.
It also has a Golden Globe nomination for best musical or comedy series.
"Matilda" has been nominated for 12 Tony Awards, including best musical, and "Vanya and Sonia" for six, including best play.
If you are looking for something breezier, consider Sister Act, which has been nominated for a handful of 2011 Tony Awards, including best musical.
The production, which features music from pop singer Cyndi Lauper, is expected to be nominated for best musical at this year's Tonys.
Also nominated in the best musical production category are the Sheffield Crucible staging of Sondheim's Company and The Go-Between, at West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Both Ball and Staunton are nominated for best performance in a musical, while the Stephen Sondheim-created show is up for best musical production.
The Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda The Musical won two awards - for best musical production and best performance in a musical for Bertie Carvel.
With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, the show's Broadway debut in 1994 won the Tony Award for best musical.
With terrific set designs and the best musical numbers of any of the old Rankin-Bass animated specials, it really holds up well even to this day.
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Wilson, who opened and closed the show wearing Iron Man-style armour, won breakthrough performance and shared best musical moment for her role in college musical Pitch Perfect.
Oscars for: director Ang Lee, lead actor Heath Ledger, supporting actor Jake Gyllenhaal, supporting actress Michelle Williams, best film, best cinematography, best screenplay and best musical score.
It ended the night with a number of big wins, including best musical, best director for John Tiffany and best leading actor in a musical for Steve Kazee.
In their later years, they had some big hits with composer Cy Coleman, like "The Will Rogers Follies, " which won the team its fifth Tony Award for Best Musical.
The prize for best musical went to Sweeney Todd, directed by Jonathan Kent and starring Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, which transferred from the Chichester Festival to the West End.
Based on the novel by Victor Hugo, Les Mis was named best musical or comedy at this weekend's Golden Globes, winning additional accolades for cast members Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway.
The three productions go head-to-head-to-head for best musical revival.
Both "Kinky Boots" and "Matilda" will compete for the best musical prize with the acrobatic "Bring It On: The Musical" and "A Christmas Story, The Musical, " adapted from the beloved holiday movie.
The Full Monty, based on the British film, A Class Act, a celebration of the life of songwriter Ed Kleban, and Jane Eyre, based on the Charlotte Bronte novel, are the other three nominations in the best musical category.
And sometimes, Broadway takes a lesson from Washington: Earlier this year, the producers of Avenue Q decided to have some fun and "campaign" for the Best Musical nod with posters and buttons, and even a new only-on-DVD sketch sent out to Tony voters.
As it stands, "Matilda" is still such a favorite, you could use it in a parlay bet: With the Kentucky Derby coming up on May 4, if you bet on all the horses to win and "Matilda" to win Best Musical on June 9, you'd walk away a winner.
The British invasion hadn't started yet, nor had corporate America scorched musical innovation by giving our best musical minds two options - either squeeze yourself into some marketal niche-like easy listening or go cut a record for a label that won't market you and can bail you forward to get you into the stores.
Billy Elliot's other nominations include best new musical and best director for Stephen Daldry.
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It is nominated for best new musical, while Heather Headley and Lloyd Owen are in the running for best actress and actor in a musical.
Victoria Wood's West End version of Acorn Antiques is also in the best new musical category.
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The Roald Dahl adaptation was called "the best family musical in years" in the Chicago Tribune's review.
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Also up for best new musical is another screen-to-stage adaptation, Top Hat, based on the 1935 Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film.
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