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Theater Listings for June 14-20

Source: The New York Times

Approximate running times are in parentheses. Theaters are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of current productions, additional listings, showtimes and ticket information are at nytimes.com/theater . ...
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From Backup to Big Screen: 'Twenty Feet From Stardom' Has Its Moment

Source: Billboard

Documentaries do not have press junkets. That's for scripted studio films with stars, big budgets and the potential to pull in eight or nine figures at the box office. Yet on June 7, director Morgan Neville gathered in Los Angele ...
Full article at: Billboard More like this Jun 9 2013, 7:12am CDT

Happy 80th, Joan Rivers!

Source: Hint Magazine

Of all the great things Joan Rivers is — hilarious, wise, bitchy, generous, crude, loyal — perhaps what stands out the most is her trooper attitude. We remember when she hosted the Clio Awards in advertising last year, a job that demanded a lot of s ...
Full article at: Hint Magazine More like this Jun 8 2013, 6:13pm CDT

2013 Tony awards: Broadway kicks off its Kinky Boots and celebrates the show

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Matilda, a London transplant based on the Roald Dahl book, has 12 nominations. Photograph: Joan Marcus/AP If you're a theatre lover, Sunday night's big match will not be the NBA playoff between the Heat and ...
Full article at: Guardian Unlimited More like this Jun 8 2013, 3:06pm CDT

John Malkovich Helps Save Man's Life

Source: The Huffington Post

Annie The revival of Annie is currently in its first year on Broadway, directed by James Lapine at the Palace Theater. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images). Correction: An earlier version of this slides ...
Full article at: The Huffington Post More like this Jun 8 2013, 12:56pm CDT

Jo Stanley

Source: The Age

"My therapist tells me she considers going on my journey with me a privilege" … Jo Stanley. Photo: Mike Baker It's all right, I know from the looks people give me when I reference my decade of therapy that they're ...
Full article at: The Age More like this Jun 8 2013, 12:16pm CDT

Glitz, girl power vie for 2013 Tonys in a bumpy season

Source: The Seattle Times

Broadway is celebrating girl-bookworm power, drag-queen power and circus power in its newest crop ofhits, “Matilda,” “Kinky Boots” and “ Pippin.” Excerpts from these and other musicals will be part of the Tony Awards ceremony Sunday night (June 9), in th ...
Full article at: The Seattle Times More like this Jun 8 2013, 10:42am CDT

Five reasons to see the Tony Awards show go on

Source: 49 News Topeka

USA TODAY - Come Sunday, the best of Broadway will be showcased at the 2013 Tony Awards in New York. Need a reason to watch? We've got five big ones. 1. The NPH factor. Renowned for his wit-infused musical numbers, Neil Patrick Harris, 39, is currently ...
Full article at: 49 News Topeka More like this Jun 8 2013, 1:45am CDT

Tony Awards: Broadway should get all Dahl'd up for its big night

Source: Daily Freeman

The musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s classic “Matilda” is up for a load of Tony Awards on Sunday. (Joan Marcus) By the time of the late local news on Sunday, "Matilda" should be waltzing. Dancing away, t ...
Full article at: Daily Freeman More like this Jun 7 2013, 9:46pm CDT

Tony Honoree Larry Kramer an Activist at Heart

Source: Variety

Count on Larry Kramer to tell you how it is. “I was surprised,” he says, when he heard the Tony Awards had decided to give him its annual Isabelle Stevenson Award for significant contribution to humanitarian or charitable causes. “The establishment ...
Full article at: Variety More like this Jun 7 2013, 5:05pm CDT