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Monday, June 11, 2012 1 Million People Had Something Better To Do NEW YORK (The Associated Press) -- CBS' Tony Awards show was seen by 6 million viewers, down significantly from last year's 6.9 million – and against much softer competition, according to preliminary Nielsen figures released Monday. The data makes it the second-lowest ratings for the Tony awards since 1988. He's Back Awkward Family Photos: The 80's Edition The Best-Designed Houses Of 2012 Can You Solve This Mystery? Hear Radiohead's New Song, 'Full Stop' BLOG POSTS David Galenson: Paris' Village Voice Is Closing A beloved Paris institution, the Village Voice Bookshop, will go out of business at the end of July. The Voice has been one of the best English-language bookstores not just in Paris, but in all of Europe. James Franco: Summer Reading, Part 3: Remembering the Lovely Details of The Virgin Suicides The extensive detailing that gives the novel its raison d'être makes me think of Vladimir Nabokov --- especially since Nabokov, in Lolita, was as eager as Eugenides is here to mix pop-culture references and incredibly apt metaphors. Shoshana Greenberg: Please, Change the Tonys How can the theater community expect audiences to love or even become excited about Broadway if it looks as though the Tonys don't show respect for all those being honored? Sean Martinfield: Samuel Ramey Is Leo the Great in San Francisco Opera's 'Attila' The role of "Leone" in Verdi's Attila requires an artist of the larger-than-life variety. For the 2012 summer season at San Francisco Opera, that can be carried off by no one else but Samuel Ramey. Michael Kaiser: The Inspirational Barbara Cook It is so clear that every day artists inspire children and adults. It is why arts education is so important to me. It is why I believe it is critical to make the arts accessible to every child.

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