NEW YORK: “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” was crowned best musical Sunday at the Tony Awards in New York, where actors Neil Patrick Harris, Bryan Cranston, Audra McDonald and Jessie Mueller also snagged wins for separate performances.

Musical of the year “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” tells the story of a man in Edwardian England who discovers he’s ninth in line to a family fortune and sets out to kill the eight ahead of him.

It led the competition with 10 nominations, and won four awards for a musical Sunday, including best book, best director and best costume design.

The 68th annual Tonys, which recognize the best of American theater, saw Harris take home a trophy for his portrayal of an East German transgender singer in the revival of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”

Harris, himself a four-time Tony host, had been favored to take home best lead actor in a musical for his work donning a platinum-blond wig, miniskirt and outlandish makeup in a role that he said Sunday had “terrified” him.

“Hedwig” also received the Tony for best revival of a musical.

In tears, actress Audra McDonald, 44, made history, accepting an unprecedented sixth Tony, this time for her leading role as Billie Holiday in the play “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.”

She is the first performer to win six Tonys for acting, and the first person to win in each of the four acting categories — a Tony grand slam.

And actor Bryan Cranston — best-known as Walter White from the television series “Breaking Bad” — won best lead actor in a play for his Broadway debut as former US president Lyndon B. Johnson i

The Tonys, which are to American theater what the Oscars are to film, are decided by around 800 voters from within the industry, and are awarded in 26 categories.

The 68th annual award ceremony at New York’s Radio City Music Hall was hosted by actor Hugh Jackman, with appearances by stars including Bradley Cooper, Kevin Bacon, Lucy Liu, Clint Eastwood, Ethan Hawke, Gloria Estefan, Tina Fey and Patti LaBelle.