'Kinky Boots,' 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike' win big, Larry Kramer honored at 67th annual Tony Awards
Monday, June 10, 2013 - 12:41pm by Max Gouttebroze, Entertainment Media Strategist at GLAAD
http://www.glaad.org/blog/kinky-boots-vanya-and-sonia-and-masha-and-spike-win-big-larry-kramer-honored-67th-annual-tonyLast night Neil Patrick Harris hosted the 67th annual Tony Awards, recognizing excellence in theater. Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein's Kinky Boots received awards in six categories, including Best Musical while playwright and LGBT activist Larry Kramer accepted the Isabelle Stevenson Award.
Inspired by a true story, Kinky Boots recounts the struggles faced by a shoe factory owner who is inspired by a drag queen to reinvent his business. In addition to Best Musical honors, Kinky Boots received the awards for Best Choreography, Best Sound Design of a Musical and Best Orchestrations. Its star, gay performer Billy Porter, received the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical. Ally Cindy Lauper also made history by becoming the first solo female to receive the Tony Award for Best Original Score.
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'Kinky Boots' Dances to the Top of the Tonys
By PATRICK HEALY
Published: June 10, 2013
http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/theater/theaterspecial/at-tonys-kinky-boots-and-matilda-vie-for-best-musical.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0The crowd-pleasing Broadway show "Kinky Boots" pulled off an upset victory as best musical at the Tony Awards on Sunday night, edging out the onetime front-runner, "Matilda the Musical," while also scoring wins for Billy Porter's lead performance and Cyndi Lauper's music and lyrics in her Broadway debut as a composer.
The unusually fierce head-to-head competition in 11 categories between the sunny "Kinky Boots," about a drag queen who helps save a struggling shoe factory, and the darker "Matilda," about a young girl battling against cruel adults, dominated the night — though the musical revival of "Pippin" also proved to be a major force. That show earned four Tonys — including best revival of a musical and two prizes for its actresses — as did the critically acclaimed "Matilda." "Kinky Boots" ended up with six.
