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Harvey Fierstein Stresses the Importance of Snacking on Tony Night

TONY MEMORIES May 25, 2010 | 11:38AM

The versatile Harvey Fierstein is the proud winner of four Tony Awards, each representing a different category: Best Book of a Musical in 1984 for La Cage aux Folles (a show that's picked up 11 nominations in 2010 for its second Broadway revival), Best Actor in a Musical for Hairspray in 2003; and two for his seminal dramedy Torch ...

First-Time Tony Noms Haydn Gwynne, Marin Ireland and Jennifer Damiano Get Glam

PHOTO FEATURE June 6, 2009 | 9:01PM

Here's the best part of being up for a Tony: getting glam! That’s why we couldn’t resist tagging along with three first-time nominees—Billy Elliot’s Haydn Gwynne, Reasons to Be Pretty’s Marin Ireland and Next to Normal’s Jennifer Damiano—as they dropped in on designer showrooms and high-end jewelers in search of the perfect ...

Dishing With 2009 Tony Host Neil Patrick Harris

INTERVIEWS June 5, 2009 | 3:11PM

Letting smart and smooth Neil Patrick Harris slap on a tux (or a tutu perhaps?) to host the 2009 Tony Awards seems like the smartest move CBS has made since luring Wolverine to the task. We chatted with the stage and screen vet (now seen on the hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother) about Broadway’s biggest night.

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For Tony-Winning Signature Theatre, Virginia Is For Musical Lovers

FEATURES June 5, 2009 | 2:44PM

When artistic director Eric Schaeffer received the “Congratulations-Signature-is-winning-the-Regional-Theater-Tony-Award” call, he was—industrious artistic director that he is—attending a preview of Giant, the Michael John LaChiusa musical making its world premiere at his theater in Arlington, Virginia. Confesses Schaeffer: “I forgot to turn my phone off. It was vibrating!” He laughs sheepishly. “Needless to say, I didn’t go back ...