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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'award'

June 16, 2008

Lin-Manuel Miranda celebrates his win for In the Heights; Patti LuPone accepts her Tony award for best leading actress in a musical. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen) The 62nd Annual Tony Awards were presented last night at Radio City Musical Hall; the biggest winners were a musical first staged in 1949 and a Pulitzer Prize winning pot boiler from Chicago. The acclaimed Lincoln Center revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific won the most awards, besting Sunday......

Continue Reading "August: Osage County, In the Heights, Gypsy, and South Pacific Win Big at 2008 Tony Awards "

June 11, 2008

The Tony Awards are happening Sunday night, people! Who’s excited? Pretty much nobody, right? No surprise there, especially considering that a phenomenal show like Passing Strange has been playing to half-full houses. But what’s really ridiculous is that even the people who are tasked with voting for the Tony winners can’t be bothered to sit through these shows! As Jeremy Gerard reports on Bloomberg.com, a spectacular number of the 797 voters will cast votes without......

Continue Reading "Many Tony Award Voters Don't Bother Seeing Shows"

June 3, 2008

Last night the fashion world gathered behind the New York Public Library for the 26th annual CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Awards, which honors the top designers. The Daily News reports back, saying the night also gave the group a chance to celebrate the life of one of their own, Yves Saint Laurent, who died this past Sunday at the age of 71. Diane von Furstenberg held back tears as she announced that......

Continue Reading "CFDA Awards Glam Up the NYPL"

February 5, 2008

The League of American Bicyclists has awarded New York City a bronze medal for bicycle friendliness. League representatives met with Mayor Bloomberg and DOT commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, who sometimes cycles to work, at City Hall yesterday to present the award. Though bronze is the lowest rung on the friendliness ladder, New York City is the only community in the region to be designated a Bike Friendly Community (BFC). While the total number of cycling fatalities......

Continue Reading "Bicycle Friendly Community Status Awarded to NYC"

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