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Headline Of The Day

The word, as most of you surely know, was “bigger.”  NPH only sang it about 30 times during the opening number. The above screen grab is from TMZ.  Here is the report from OMG Yahoo: A headline splashed across The Daily Mail on Monday morning questioned whether Harris said the “n-word” during his opening performance with Mike Tyson. The U.K. …

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Larry Kramer Accepts Special Tony Award

True to form, even getting an honorary Tony Award managed to piss off Larry Kramer. Michael Musto reports for Out Magazine: Downstairs, I found gramps Larry Kramer, who’d been briefly seen receiving a special award for his humanitarian work. He was sitting, but not in a wicker chair. And his normal heart wasn’t smiling. “It was all fucked up,” fumed …

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Kinky Boots Leads 2013 Tony Awards With Six Wins Including Best Musical

Kinky Boots took top honors at tonight’s Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall. The show won in six categories including Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Leading Actor. The co-producer thanked his husband from the stage, saying, “You make me a better person every day we’re together.” Best Musical: Kinky Boots Best Revival of a Musical: Pippin Best Actress, Musical: Patina Miller, Pippin …

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Neil Patrick Harris Opens The 2013 Tonys

This won’t last long on YouTube, watch it now. Also: WOW.

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Broadway Blows A Kiss To Cyndi Lauper

Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie O’Donnell, Katie Couric, the cast of Kinky Boots and several other Broadway shows performed a lip-sync in tribute to the 30th anniversary of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Cyndi Lauper’s first Tony nomination.  Lauper is up for Best Original Score for Kinky Boots at this Sunday’s Tony Awards.

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Neil Patrick Harris To Host 2013 Tonys

“I’m very excited to be back hosting the Tony Awards at the legendary Radio City Music Hall. It’ll be more impressive than ever—if my math is correct, it will be 267 times bigger than last year. Oh, wait. No, that can’t… hold on… carry the one… I’m awful at math. But rest assured, the show will rock!” – Neil Patrick …

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2013 Tony Award Nominees Announced,
Cyndi Lauper Scores Big For Kinky Boots

The 2013 Tony Award nominees were announced in NYC this morning at a press conference hosted by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sutton Foster. Topping the list with 13 nominations is the Cyndi Lauper-scored Kinky Boots. Notably shut out was Bette Midler and we’ve got dueling gays in the Best Leading Actor In A Play category. Via Broadway.com: Best Musical A …

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Larry Kramer To Get Special Tony Award

Larry Kramer will be honored this year with a special Tony Award. Kramer will receive this year’s Isabelle Stevenson Award, a non-competitive Tony award given to an individual from the theater community who has made a substantial contribution on behalf of humanitarian, social service or charitable organizations. “Writers who are activists are very rarely taken seriously as artists,” Kramer said …

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2012 Tony Awards

Best Musical: OnceBest Actress (Musical): Audra McDonald, Porgy And BessBest Actor (Musical): Steve Kazee, OnceBest Featured Actress (Musical): Judy Kaye, Nice Work…Best Featured Actor (Musical): Mike McGrath, Nice Work…Best Direction (Musical): John Tiffany, OnceBest Revival (Musical): Porgy And BessBest Score: NewsiesBest Choreography: Christopher Gattelli, Newsies Best Play: Clybourne ParkBest Actor (Play): James Cordon, One Man, Two GuvnorsBest Actress (Play): Nina …

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Audra McDonald For Marriage

Four-time Tony Award winner.

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2012 Tony Awards Nominations

The 2012 Tony Awards nominations were announced this morning, with the musical Once leading the pack with a whopping eleven nods. As usual, The Gays are heavily represented. As quick glance at the list shows Douglas Carter Beane, Harvey Fierstein, Cynthia Nixon. Who else?

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NPH To Return As Tony Awards Host

Via press release: Golden Globe-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor, Neil Patrick Harris, will return as host of the 2012 Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards® on Sunday, June 10th, live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City. This will be the third time that Harris has hosted the telecast, previously serving as host for both the 63rd Annual Tony Awards in …

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Kennedy Center Honors Barbara Cook

Featuring my favorite Broadway star, Sutton Foster. Plus Patti Lupone, Glenn Close, Audra McDonald and lots of others.(Via – Evan Hurst)

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Tony Attendees On Tracy Morgan

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Neil Patrick Harris Opens The 2011 Tonys:
It’s Not Just For Gays Anymore

Watch this now, it’ll get yanked from YouTube.

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2011 Tonys: Totally For The Gays

Despite host Neil Patrick Harris’ fantastic opening number which promised that “Broadway isn’t just for gays anymore,” tonight’s Tony Awards were extra super gay with lots of gay on the side. Not only did Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart win three awards, the show featured Martha Wash performing It’s Raining Men, and there was a lot of thanking of same-sex …

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Broadway Legend Arthur Laurents Dies

Openly gay Broadway legend Arthur Laurents has died at the age of 93. Theater Mania reports: Laurents was best known for his collaborations with Stephen Sondheim, including writing the books for West Side Story and Gypsy (earning Tony nominations for both), Anyone Can Whistle, and Do I Hear a Waltz. Early in his career, Laurents wrote such plays as Home …

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14 Tony Nominations For Book Of Mormon

The Book Of Mormon led this morning’s 2011 Tony Awards nominations with 14 nods across all major categories. The musical garnered a dozen Drama Desk nominations last week. Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart won nominations for Best Revival, and for cast members Joe Montello (Best Actor), John Benjamin Hickey (Best Featured Actor), and Ellen Barkin (Best Featured Actress.) Best Play …

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The 2010 Tony Awards

The 2010 Tony Awards kicked off last night with host Sean Hayes taking aim at that infamous Newsweek article by laying a long, presumably convincing, French kiss on his Promises, Promises co-star Kristin Chenoweth. Hayes followed that up by welcoming all the “closeted Republicans watching the show in secret.” Below are the major awards. The complete list is here. Best …

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Sean Hayes To Host Tony Awards

Sean Hayes has been named as the host of this year’s Tony Awards. Via press release: Emmy and SAG Award winner and 2010 Tony Award nominee Sean Hayes, will host the 64th Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards® on Sunday, June 13th, live from Radio City Music Hall. The Tony Awards will air live on CBS from 8:00-11:00PM (ET/PT time delay). …

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