Cyndi Lauper turns 60 (!) today, so feel free to celebrate by watching her in memoriam performance of "True Colors" at the Tony Awards in a dark room after you've poured yourself a tall glass of sadness, er, champagne.
Last night at the Tony awards, there were some Living Legends in the house — and some over-the-top ensembles intent on stealing the spotlight.
In his opening number at the Tony Awards last night, Neil Patrick Harris sang at a lightning-quick clip, danced in a slim-fitting tuxedo, did some physical comedy with Mike Tyson and LITERALLY jumped through a hoop. It was a dazzling, hyperkinetic, hilarious spectacle, and as one YouTube commenter states, "NPH should…
Tom Hanks isn't nominated for a role in a musical (I think this clip pretty much proves that), but if he wins a Tony tonight for his role in Lucky Guy, he'll probably do a mostly lyric-less rendition of his favorite song from 2009: "Single Ladies." Enjoy the charm.
The red carpet of last night's Tony Awards possessed the same kind of over-stated, over-the-top flair as stage actors use in their craft.
Ellen Barkin, Edie Falco, and Alexa Ray Joel all did simple elegance very well, although perhaps Barkin could've kept from ex Ron Perelman, because she's looking a little bare.…Now that people are genuinely interested in Bret Michaels—after narrowly escaping death from a brain hemorrhage—he's getting to tell his version of his other head injury at the 2009 Tony Awards. Of course, it involves Liza Minnelli.
The Tony awards may be Broadway's biggest night, but between Denzel and Cate and Catherine and Viola and Scarlett and Naomi and Jada, you'd be forgiven for mistaking it for the Oscars. Wait, scratch that: the clothes were all Broadway!
Sean Hayes was reluctant to rehash the Newsweek's gays-can't-play-straight controversy in interviews leading up to the Tonys, but last night he made his case by sharing a very convincing kiss with Kristin Chenoweth. Click to watch.
Tony nominee Sean Hayes is your host for tonight's ceremony, which promises to feature several A-listers, including nominees Scarlett Johansson, Jude Law, Denzel Washington, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Who will take home the Tony? Let's find out.
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In response to the dearth of women at the Tonys, a group of artists held the first ever Lilly Awards on Sunday. "Whining does no good, so we decided to give a party," said Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman. [Variety]
Sarah Ruhl, whose Tony-nominated play In The Next Room stars four women, agrees with everyone that there were few other meaty roles for women on Broadway this year because few people fund plays about complicated women. [NY Times]
Ah, the Tonys. When the hearts of a million high-schoolers in Cats T-shirts go pitter-pat. The Broadway community owes it to these kids to really bring it one night a year, and I gotta say… The Miss Saigon lover in me was disappointed. I wanted more glitz, more tack, more joie - what we got was a lot of tasteful black. …
The Tony Awards (otherwise known as the "Gay Super Bowl") were last night and, of course, we just had to comment on the clothes. The play-by-play, after the jump.
