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TONYS

Aired June 9 on CBS

Tony Award winners often reap the benefits of victory

'Kinky Boots' struts off with best musical

Tony Awards: Big year for women as Lauper, MacKinnon, Paulus win

Women win big in 2013

Harvey Fierstein is marathon man of awards season

An entertainment kingpin named Harvey with a voracious appetite for awards campaigning? And an involvement in multiple hit productions?

Tonys 2013 Q&A: 'Neil Patrick Harris is the god of awards show'

Charles McNulty, The Times theater critic, shared...

Hollywood Tonys party with Tommy Tune celebrates leading ladies

Supporters of the Actors Fund got the jump on fellow Angelenos by securing a live feed of the Tony Awards for the 17th annual Tony Awards viewing...

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Tonys 2013: Neil Patrick Harris gets largest audience since 2009

Sunday night’s Tony Awards, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, posted a strong ratings gain over last year to reach its biggest audience since 2009.

Cicely Tyson: Milestones and facts about the Tony Award winner

The legendary Cicely Tyson stole the Tony Awards on Sunday evening with her moving acceptance speech after being named best actress in a drama for the...

Tonys 2013: Chat live with Theater Critic Charles McNulty

Tonys 2013 Chat: Tonys recap with Theater Critic Charles McNulty

Was Cyndi Lauper deserving of her Tony? Why did Cicely Tyson's speech move him the most? Wondering why "Kinky Boots" upset the supposed front-runner...

Cyndi Lauper: Tony Awards 2013 prove her night to have fun

Cyndi Lauper's post Tony Awards tweet was to the point: "I won!" she said succinctly Sunday night. And she underscored the victory with a fierce...

Neil Patrick Harris in Tonys telecast: What did the critics think?

In live theater, a performer has to know how to make an entrance, and TV critics applauded Neil Patrick Harris, for making a memorable one at the 2013...

Tonys 2013: Watch Neil Patrick Harris' showstopping opener

Neil Patrick Harris is a busy man. When he's not working on the CBS...

Tonys 2013: Incomparable host Neil Patrick Harris sells Broadway

Few may be popping Champagne corks for a Broadway season in which ticket prices went up, attendance went down and commercialism ran amok. But if...

Tonys 2013: Neil Patrick Harris jumps through hoop, puts on show

Broadway, you are a place and an idea, a subset of an artform bounded by certain northerly, easterly, westerly and southerly Manhattan streets...

Tonys 2013: Joan Rivers name checks 'Bosom Buddies' on Twitter

Tom Hanks may have lost lead actor in a play, but he has a fan in Joan...

Tonys 2013: 'Kinky Boots' wins best musical

"Kinky Boots, the Musical," which featured a Cyndi Lauper score and book by Harvey Fierstein, was named best musical at the 67th Tony Awards,...

Tonys 2013: 'Pippin' wins best revival of a musical

"Pippin," which debuted on Broadway in 1972 with Bob Fosse directing, was named best revival of a musical at the 67th Tony Awards, presented...

Tonys 2013: Judith Light's 'love affair' with Broadway community

She may be known to most people as Angela on "Who’s the Boss?" but Judith Light knew she couldn’t count on any of her previous TV roles...

Tonys 2013: 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' wins best revival of a play

"Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s 50th anniversary restaging of Edward Albee’s drama,...

Tony Awards 2013: Courtney B. Vance glad he took a chance on 'Lucky Guy'

Courtney B. Vance might not be the most famous actor in Lucky Guy – that would be Tom Hanks, who plays Mike McAlary. But the chance to play...

Tonys 2013: 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike' wins best play

"Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," Christopher Durang's dysfunctional-family dark comedy, was named best play at the 67th Tony Awards, presented...