NEW YORK — Three Filipino Americans have been nominated for the 2019 Tony Awards: set designer Robert Brill; actress Eva Noblezada and costume designer Clint…
NEW YORK — Three Filipino Americans have been nominated for the 2019 Tony Awards: set designer Robert Brill; actress Eva Noblezada and costume designer Clint Ramos.
Brill is nominated for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for his work on “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg: The Life and Times of the Temptations.”
Noblezada is nominated for Best Performances by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for playing the character Eurydice in “Hadestown.”
Ramos is nominated for Best Costume Design of a Play for his work on “Torch Song.”
Ramos
Ramos won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Costume Design-Play for “Eclipsed,” which featured Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o (“12 Years a Slave,” “Star Wars,” “The Jungle Book”), written by Danai Gurira (Okoye in “Black Panther”).
Last year, he was nominated for Best Costume Design-Musical for his work on “Once on This Island,” which featured Lea Salonga in the cast.
Born in the Philippines, Ramos moved to the U. S. to take up a master’s in Design for Stage and Film at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts on a full scholarship.
