Tony Winners and Nominees

Nov 51 min read

Ragtime Revival at New York City Center - "Giving The Nation a New Syncopation" (Episode 125)

Today is November 5, 2024, Election Day for the United States of America. As with every Presidential Election, we Americans are flipping...

Sep 201 min read

Dede Ayite - "Dreaming, Healing, and Making History" (Episode 123)

“When I started researching [ for Hell's Kitchen] , I knew there were certain brands I wanted to incorporate just because they're great...

Aug 161 min read

Nikki M. James - "Being Real as Real Can Be" (Episode 118)

“I did this show [Suffs] before Kamala Harris was running for President and I did the show the day President Biden endorsed her and I am...

May 171 min read

"Catching Up With Call and Response Alums" - Season Six Premiere (Episode 105)

We are BACK IN THE HABIT, y’all! After three years away, we are kicking off season six with a catch-up episode. We highlight some of the...

May 21, 20211 min read

Tonya Pinkins - "Building My Own Castle" (Episode 98)

"I sometimes wonder with young people today that there's a fragility born of carrying around violence machines every day of your life...

Apr 9, 20211 min read

Brian Moreland - "Crossing the Finish Line Together" (Episode 92)

"We have lost our North Star of producers creating people and shows, instead of the plug-and-play mentality. You know, it’s, 'The play...

Feb 21, 20201 min read

Cody Renard Richard - "Leading With Yourself" (Episode 81)

"Being a young gay Black man as a stage manager in New York City— there are very few of us…when I first moved here…I only knew of one...

Jan 3, 20202 min read

Jordan E. Cooper - "Providing the Medicinal Hope" (Episode 74)

“Whenever you walk into a space into a theatre, you can usually feel that it’s a white space. Usually from the way the audience members...

Nov 1, 20191 min read

Whitney White—"Monstering the World" (Episode 65)

"Every play is like a score to me. It has a rhythm, it has beats, it has a vibe, it has tone. It has arias—or longer sections where...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Lynn Nottage—"Claiming the Space" (Episode 62)

“Putting the language of ‘being a playwright’ into your mouth makes you a playwright. I discovered late in the game is that just saying...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Saheem Ali—"Collaborating For The Truth; or, We Go Together" (Episode 56)

“A lot of these theatres are having these conversations in ways they never have before, they’re opening their doors to these stories, and...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Dominique Morisseau—"Bringing You A Story That’s True" (Episode 53)

“People don’t like to be wrong. It’s uncomfortable. It’s very uncomfortable. In fact it’s so uncomfortable that if we’re gonna feel that...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Jordan Donica—"Discovering the Freedom to Be Me" (Episode 50)

“It was not lost on me that as a person of color that if I messed up, this door would never be open to another person of color for a long...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Jocelyn Bioh—"Living in Color" (Episode 44)

"Everybody wants to consume Africa in a certain way...they've already taken so much in terms of our stories and our culture...Let us have...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Adam Hyndman—"Taking Ownership" (Episode 41)

“To live a life that’s thriving doesn’t mean you’re devoid of pain. Because we are beings that exist in multiplicity there is a range of...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

J. Harrison Ghee—"Standing in Your Truth" (Episode 25)

"Kinky [Boots] is a show I’ll never be sick of. I use it as my therapy. Whether it’s family issues, life, whatever it is, I get to put my...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Sharon Washington—"Feeding the Dragon (and the Artist)" (Episode 24)

“In the best of worlds, as actors, we should be able to do whatever roles we’re right for—at base—in a perfect world. It’s not a perfect...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Denée Benton—"Following Your Bliss" (Episode 20)

“Unfortunately if the creative team is all-white, you see yourself first, and being a minority in any type of setting, you are taught to...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Brenda Braxton—"Passing on the Wisdom" (Episode 5)

“I’ll never forget Miss Molinka; I was standing at the ballet barre and she told me, ‘You’ll never be a ballerina.’ She said, ‘You don’t...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Michael R. Jackson —"Writing Unapologetically Black and Queer" (Episode 4)

“I think diversity in musical theatre means acknowledging there is an entire jewel with endless facets of points of views that need to be...

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