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Trent Kowalik, a teen from Wantagh, New York and an international Irish dance champion, won a Tony, Broadway's top honor, as lead actor in a musical for "Billy Elliot the Musical," the stirring story of a coal miner's son with a dream to dance. Kowalik shared his award with New Yorker David Alvarez and Kiril Kulish, the musical's rotating leads.
Trent Kowalik, a teen from Wantagh, New York and an international Irish dance champion, won a Tony, Broadway's top honor, as lead actor in a musical for "Billy Elliot the Musical," the stirring story of a coal miner's son with a dream to dance. Kowalik shared his award with New Yorker David Alvarez and Kiril Kulish, the musical's rotating leads.
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