Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard win eight Tonys

The Czech-Irish singer pair Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard have received a total of eight Tony awards for a musical adaptation of their Oscar-winning movie Once. The duo was nominated in a total of eleven categories of the prestigious theater award. Among the categories they won was “best musical”. In addition, the musical adaptation of Once also won prizes in the set design, sound design and lighting categories.