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Tony Winners: In the Heights, August: Osage County

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2008-06-16 08:35:21 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Osage County and In the Heights topped last night's Tony awards, winning for Best Play and Best Musical, respectively. South Pacific was the biggest winner overall with seven awards. From Gypsy , Patti LuPone won Best Leading Actress in a Musical, her second Tony, and Boyd Gaines (Best Featured Actor in a Musical) earned his fourth, making...
 
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The Tony Awards: As Corny As Osage County in August

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2008-06-16 09:00:51 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Osage County swept the play categories, as predicted. South Pacific , a musical written 58 years ago about a woman torn between her attraction to a French plantation owner and her ambivalence about his once having been married to a Polynesian, made good on its favored status to win for Best Revival, over the innovative, ebullient Sunday in...
 
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Awesome: August: Osage County to Be a Movie!

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2008-08-06 15:00:32 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Osage County is being adapted for the big screen . Playwright Tracy Lett is attached to write the screenplay, and Jean Doumanian Productions ( All the Real Girls , Bullets Over Broadway ) and Steve Traxler will produce. But who will play the Westons? "So many actors and stars have come to see it on Broadway, and we've gotten inquiries,"...
 
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Jim True-Frost on August: Osage County, Life As Prez, and the Perils of Eating Onstage

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2008-07-15 13:45:24 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Osage County . The actor spoke to Vulture about his new role, the intricacies of eating (and faking piano-playing ability) onstage, and how it felt when his Wire character finally came into his own So, this is an early-morning interview, given that you're on Broadway every night until 11 p.m. or so Actually, I just got out of an audition for...
 
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August: Osage County Star Estelle Parsons Makes Us Feel Bad About Ourselves

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2008-07-29 16:00:13 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Osage County , and, well, she makes us feel completely lazy and out of shape. Parsons is taking over the part from 68-year-old Deanna Dunagan who cited (we swear) exhaustion as the reason for her departure and the woman is a workout machine We recommend stretching before you continue: She lifts weights and swims, she said, and has hiked the...
 
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Tony Nominations Announced!

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2008-05-13 08:25:36 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Osage County Rock 'n' Roll The Seafarer The 39 Steps Best Play Revival Boeing-Boeing The Homecoming Les Liaisons Dangereuses Macbeth Best Lead Actor in a Play Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing Rufus Sewell, Rock 'n' Roll Patrick Stewart, Macbeth Best Lead Actress in a Play Eve...
 
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Broadway Goes To The Barrio

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2008-06-16 13:03:21 by Perez Hilton in Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton
...Osage County took home the award for Best Play Congratulations to everyone, winners and non-winners. We love Broadway CLICK HERE to check out the full list of Tony recipients MUSICAL In the Heights PLAY August: Osage County REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL South Pacific REVIVAL OF A PLAY Boeing-Boeing DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL Bartlett Sher, South Pacific...
 
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Tony Predictions: Sturm und Drang Division

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2008-05-12 12:15:25 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Osage County ; Rock 'n' Roll ; The Seafarer Fighting it out for the final slot: The 39 Steps ; Is He Dead? ; Mauritius ; November Tracy Letts whose August: Osage County has become the runaway favorite on Tony night will certainly be nominated, as will Tom Stoppard and Conor McPherson. But which play will nab the final slot? We'll go with Is...
 
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Vulture Goes Backstage at the Tony Awards

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2008-06-16 13:45:29 by Editor in Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
...Osage County were too busy collecting awards to make it backstage. But Vulture's Jada Yuan stole plenty of moments with bored and thirsty big-name presenters, many of whom wandered into the gift lounge in search of hooch, but wound up with carrots, spinach dip, and Nespresso instead. Below, a ticktock rundown of what you didn't see at home....
 
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