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"Sunday night&amp;#039;s 67th annual Tony Awards, honoring the latest and greatest entertainers in live theater, was nothing short of spectacular. New York City&amp;#039;s Radio City Music Hall dazzled with A-listers. Celebrities like Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Anna Kendrick and Jake Gyllenhaal walked the red carpet before heading inside for an evening hosted by screen and stage veteran Neil Patrick Harris. The How I Met Your Mother star began the show with an eight-minute medley, featuring dancers, Bring It On cheerleaders and even heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. (Thankfully, the opener was more eye-catching than ear-biting.) As the night continued, Courtney B. Vance accepted the first live award, featured actor in a play, for his part in Lucky Guy. Vance&amp;#039;s costar and best-actor nominee, Hanks, wasn&amp;#039;t as lucky, losing to Tracy Letts for his performance in Who&amp;#039;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The talk of the Tony&amp;#039;s, however, centered on the warmhearted musical Kinky Boots, which strutted away with six awards, the most of the night. The production pulled an upset, snagging the event&amp;#039;s top honors for best musical from category favorite, Matilda the Musical. The two shows battled it out in 11 categories, with Matilda taking home four awards. Other major winners included Pippin, for best revival of a musical, and Broadway newcomer Cyndi Lauper for best score. &amp;quot;OK...I can&amp;#039;t say I wasn&amp;#039;t practicing in front of the shower curtain for a couple of days for this speech,&amp;quot; the &amp;quot;Girls Just Want to Have Fun&amp;quot; singer said as she choked back tears accepting her first Tony. &amp;quot;I want to thank Harvey Fierstein for calling me up. I&amp;#039;m so glad I was done with the dishes.&amp;quot; Lauper went on to thank her family and the city for inspiring her to work hard. Check out a full list of the award winners. What did you think of the 2013 Tony Awards? Share your thoughts in the comments below. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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