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John Leguizamo’s crack stood out for me at the 79th annual Tony Awards, amid the surprising and expected wins (complete list of winners), the heartfelt and political acceptance speeches, the thrilling musical numbers and the paltry infomercials for the straight plays. “The most frightening words in the world for a New Yorker: ‘I’m in town and I wanna see Times Square,’ John Leguizamo joked; then he added its opposite, the line many New Yorkers want most to hear right now: “Knicks in 4.” These were throwaway lines, but they indirectly revealed a few unspoken truths about the Tony Awards -- that the people who put together the television broadcast treat it primarily as a marketing opportunity to reach TV viewers who don’t get into New York all that often; that New Yorkers, even some avid theatergoers, might secretly feel a bit of a relief that the theater awards season is finally over (check out my completed