TimesTalks | ‘Kinky Boots’: Preview
Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein talk with The Times’s Patrick Healy about their collaboration on the musical “Kinky Boots,” and discuss the challenges of composing music for the stage.
News Watch: Former Homeless Teen Cyndi Lauper Testifies.
If you thought Girls Just Want to Have Fun singer Cyndi Lauper started her True Colors Fund charity just for kicks or publicity, this nine-minute video of the singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT activist will change your mind.
‘Kinky Boots’: ‘Step One’
Part 8: The actor Stark Sands performs “Step One” from the musical “Kinky Boots.”
It’s ‘Kinky Boots’ vs. ‘Matilda’ in Tony Nominations
Traditional song-and-dance shows about scrappy underdogs dominated the Tony Award nominations on Tuesday.. Broadway productions with big casts and uplifting dance numbers dominate Tony Awards; Harvey Fiersein and Cyndi Lauper musical Kinky Boots is nominated 13 times and Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin show Matilda is nominated 12 times.
CYNDI LAUPER recalls camping in Ontarios Algonquin Park.
TORONTO ��� Cyndi Lauper is well familiar with the landscapes of Ontario, which shell revisit later this month for the opening of ���Kinky Boots��� and the Pride parade in Toronto.
Pussy Riot rocker arrested for peaceful protest
Torontos 35th annual Pride celebrations run from June 19 to 28 and will feature several other high-profile performers and activists, including Cyndi Lauper, Chaz Bono, and David Furnish. With files from the Associated Press, Katrina Clarke and.
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25 years ago, 2 Live Crew were arrested for obscenity. Heres the fascinating.
In 1985, the Parents Music Resource Center, or PMRC, released the Filthy Fifteen, a list of 15 songs about sex, masturbation, violence or the occult from artists like Prince, Motley Crue, AC/DC, Madonna and Cyndi Lauper. It was a reaction to the pop .
Cyndi Lauper -- Girls STILL Wanna Have Fun. But UV.
No boys gonna take Cyndi Lauper and hide her away from the rest of the world. The 61-year-old pop legend is hitting the beach this week in St.���
Cyndi Laupers Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Chases.
A version of Cyndi Laupers Girls Just Wanna Have Fun was all the ammo needed by an Aussie street performer to drown out homophobia.
2013 Tony Awards
Photos of some of the winning performers and shows.
CYNDI LAUPER, Time After Time: curiosit�� sulla canzone al numero 1 in Usa il 9.
Dicendo Cindy Lauper, una delle canzoni pi�� noto, oltre alla celebre Girls Just Want To Have Fun, �� sicuramente Time After Time. La canzone, pubblicata nel 1984 come singolo dallalbum Shes So Unusual, raggiunse il primo posto nella Billbord Hot 100 .
‘Kinky Boots’: The Audience
Part 14: Lauper and Fierstein talk about the audience’s role in refining the show, and Billy Porter and Stark Sands reflect on their relationship with their “Kinky Boots” characters.
First senior moment at KIPP Lynn
LYNN ��� KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate High School held the first commencement in its history Thursday evening at City Hall Auditorium. It was the first group of student from KIPP, a free, open-enrollment charter school, to go from grades 5 through 12.
‘Kinky Boots’: Writing Partners
Part 5: Lauper and Fierstein explain the most difficult part of creating a musical adaptation, and reflect on their working relationship.
The Goonies 30th Anniversary: Why Did Cyndi Lauper Hate the Theme Song.
The film first hit theaters on June 7, 1985, meaning that the kids who saw it then are easily old enough now to have Goonies of their own. But before you get stuck on the fact that three whole decades have passed since 1985, remember everything you.
Bones Round Table: Cyndi Lauper and Body Stew - TV.
Bones Season 10 Episode 11 gave TV Fanatics plenty to discuss this week, from Cyndi Lauper to body stew. Read on to see what they had.
‘Kinky Boots’: Billy and Stark
Part 13: Lauper and Fierstein discuss what the actors Billy Porter and Stark Sands brought to their characters.
North Jersey Pride Brings NYC Nightlife to South Orange June 13
North Jersey Pride also launched a Silent Auction with high-end items including JetBlue tickets to any location, tickets and backstage passes to Cyndi Lauper concert, Crosby Stills and Nash signed guitar, Hand to God premium seats and backstage passes.
Oklahoman Toby Keith calls joining Songwriters Hall of Fame ultimate trophy
Along with Keith, 53, the songwriters hall, which recognizes both performing and non-performing songsmiths, will induct Bobby Braddock, the late Willie Dixon, Robert Hunter, the late Jerry Garcia, Cyndi Lauper and Linda Perry as its 2015 class. ���You.
‘Kinky Boots’: Cyndi’s Influences
Part 6: Cyndi Lauper describes her songwriting process and musical influences on “Kinky Boots,” and explains how she taught herself to write for musical theater.
So Unusual for a Theater Tunesmith
Cyndi Lauper, trailblazer in pop, now a Broadway composer and reality TV star, expounds on her journey.. Pop singer and reality TV star Cyndi Lauper transforms herself yet again, composing for musical Kinky Boots, which is now in previews on Broadway.
‘Kinky Boots’: Intro
Part 1: Carol Olsen Day, director of TimesTalks, introduces Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein, composer and writer of the musical “Kinky Boots.”
CYNDI LAUPER Lets Her True Colors Shine in Passionate.
Singer and gay icon Cyndi Lauper fielded questions regarding youth homelessness during a Senate subcommittee meeting on Capitol Hill on Wednesday reports The New York Times. Lauper discussed efforts to alleviate��.
The week in feminist news: all hail Miss Piggys spirit, Cyndi.
Another woman celebrated for her gumption this week is Cyndi Lauper, who was praised by the Washington Post for her work ���advocating for gay and transgender kids thrown out by their parents ��� an issue she raised at a��.
Cyndi Lauper talks Kinky Boots
You may know Cyndi Lauper as the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun hit-maker who rose to fame in the 80s with catchy, quirky pop songs and colorful music videos spun constantly on MTV. But Laupers latest musical endeavor takes her in a new direction.
Cyndi Lauper Advocates for LGBT Homeless Youth
Cyndi Lauper Advocates for LGBT Homeless Youth On April 29, 2015, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) held a hearing examining HUDs efforts to prevent��.
Cyndi Lauper Bashes U.S. Senators for Not Passing LGBT.
Cyndi Lauper has released a statement through her political advocacy group True Colors Fund expressing frustration with the United States Senate.
Pussy Riot, CYNDI LAUPER among artists set for Toronto Pride.
Russian punk collective Pussy Riot, singer Cyndi Lauper, comical cult legend John Waters and gay rights activist Chaz Bono are set for Torontos Pride celebration.
New CDs
New releases from Usher, 3 Doors Down, Esperanza Spalding, Cyndi Lauper and the Ting Tings.
‘Kinky Boots’: ‘History of Wrong Guys’
Part 10: Lauper and Fierstein reflect on the changes they made to the character Lauren in adapting the show from the film, and discuss her song “The History of Wrong Guys.”
Songwriters Hall of Fame to Honor Toby Keith, Cyndi.
The 2015 inductees to the Songwriters Hall of Fame will include such varied musicians as Toby Keith, Cyndi Lauper, Linda Perry, Bobby Braddock, Willie Dixon and the Grateful Dead writing duo of Robert Hunter and Jerry��.
Seth MacFarlane Sings Cyndi Laupers Songs As Family.
Seth MacFarlane sang a few of Cyndi Laupers greatest hits on Fridays ���The Graham Norton Show��� as his ���Family Guy��� characters Stewie and Peter Griffin. The audience loved every second of it. See the video below.
See CYNDI LAUPER and Kinky Boots Cast Accept Funds for Homeless Gay Youth
Tom Viola, executive director of BC/EFA, is pictured with composer Cyndi Lauper and the Broadway cast of her musical Kinky Boots as he hands over an oversize check for $150,000 being donated to Laupers charity, the True Colors Fund, which helps .
These Boots Are Made for Walking to the Bank: Kinky Recoups Its $13.5 Million
. The Broadway hit “Kinky Boots” recoups its $13.5 million capitalization in a relatively quick 30 weeks.
Seth MacFarlane Sings CYNDI LAUPER Songs As Family.
Family Guys Seth MacFarlane sings Cyndi Laupers True Colors and Time After Time -- as Peter and Stewie!
Pussy Riot, Cyndi Lauper set for Toronto Pride celebration in June
Russian punk collective Pussy Riot, singer Cyndi Lauper, comical cult legend John Waters and gay rights activist Chaz Bono are set for Torontos Pride celebration. Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina. Pussy Riot members .
In Las Vegas-Style Spectacle, Cher Flaunts Strength, Staying Power and Physique
The singer, who is 68 this month, unleashed feathers and glitter at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.. Jon Pareles reviews performance by Cher at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Cyndi Lauper coming for Kinky Boots opening, Pride Parade
In her early 20s, Cyndi Lauper hitchiked from Toronto to Algonquin Park. This summer, she will be hitching a ride of sorts when she boards a float to serve as one of the international grand marshals of Torontos Pride Parade on June 28. That night, she.
Growing From Song to Spectacle
A hit or two is nice, but Cyndi Lauper and David Byrne are working on creating hit productions, on and off Broadway.. Philip Galanes Table For Three column; 80s pop stars David Byrne and Cyndi Lauper, over lunch in Greenwich Village, talk about their work on two theatrical productions; Lauper is Tony-winning composer and lyricist for Broadway hit Kinky Boots, and Byrne is Obie-winning creator of musical Here Lies Love, which will resume its run at Public Theater in April 2014.
Fridays TV tips
We expect hell also find time to plug Ted 2 ��� well it would be rude not to as the films director, co-writer and voice of the talking teddy bear, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, will also be on the sofa. Meanwhile, singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper.
‘Kinky Boots’: Doing the Show
Part 4: Lauper and Fierstein talk about how they each became involved with “Kinky Boots,” and discuss the individual expertise they each brought to the production.
Why Cyndi Lauper says she enjoyed writing Kinky Boots, coming to Grand Rapids
This Feb. 28, 2013 photo released by Starpix shows, from left, choreographer Jerry Mitchell, Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein at the open house for the Upcoming Musical Kinky Boots, at the Al Hirshfeld Theatre in New York. The Cyndi Lauper-scored .
‘Kinky Boots’: Working Together
Part 2: Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein talk about the origins of their creative partnership.
Watch Seth MacFarlane Sing Cyndi Laupers Greatest Hits.
Well hear Seth MacFarlanes dulcet tones coming once again out of a foul mouthed teddy bear when Ted 2 hits later this Summer, but for now, you have to watch him belt out some of Cyndi Laupers greatest hits, with the��.
Pussy Riot and Cyndi Lauper Headed to Toronto Pride
Theyll be joined by veteran pop star Cyndi Lauper. The festivals grand marshall, on the other hand, is Scarborough native David Furnish, filmmaker and husband of Elton John. Pride is, of course, much more than just a series of parades, so organizers.
Power to the People (and Some Pop Too)
Timed to coincide with Gay Pride Week and presented by Logo, MTV Networks’ gay-and-lesbian-themed cable channel, the True Colors Tour advanced a clear anti-discriminatory agenda.
Cyndi Lauper explains why she signs autographs as Madonna
Cyndi Lauper, the American singer, has revealed she has signed autographs as Madonna when fans have mistaken her for her pop rival. The Girls Just Want To Have Fun singer makes the disclosure when she appears on Friday nights Graham Norton Show .
Cyndi Lauper, Toby Keith to Be Inducted Into Songwriters.
Toby Keith, Cyndi Lauper and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead are the newest songwriters to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
‘Kinky Boots’: Harvey’s Father
Part 12: Lauper and Fierstein discuss the writing process behind “Not My Father’s Son.”
‘Kinky Boots’: Adjustments
Part 7: Lauper and Fierstein talk about the process of refining the show and what they learned from its trial run in Chicago.
Get Ready for Goonies Weekend With CYNDI LAUPERs Goonies R Good.
1) When bad guys corner Cyndi Lauper on a rickety bridge over a raging underground waterfall, the singer breaks the fourth wall, wailing, Steven Spielberg, how do I get out of this one? The camera then cuts to Spielberg, watching Lauper on playback, .