Sure, the student revolutionaries may not have triumphed in the uprising of 1803, but Signature’s Les Miserables was definitely triumphant last night at the 25th Anniversary Helen Hayes Awards.

The outstanding regional production, which crammed an epic musical into a theater with less than 300 seats, took home a number of the evening’s high profile prizes, including awards in the musicals categories for director, musical direction, supporting actor and actress (a tie), ensemble and best musical overall.

For a 25th anniversary show, last night’s celebration didn’t include a whole lot of extra fanfare. Blame the economy, perhaps — instead of corsages, for example, the winners were recognized with whimsical glow necklaces. The show stuck with the no-host format, a cluster of singers peppering the ceremony with a collection of often corny musical theater parodies (the most amusing, surprisingly enough, recognizing the awards’ sponsors).

But what it lacked in fanfare the awards more than made up with in inclusiveness, a Helen Hayes trademark. Its tribute award recognized every artistic director of the city’s 70+ professional theatre companies (all were brought onstage to boot). Categories burst at the seams with nominations, such as the 12-nominee category for outstanding ensemble, resident play. And there were plenty of ties; cuthroat competitiveness was hardly the spirit here.