NEW YORK \u2014 Three Filipino Americans have been nominated for the 2019 Tony Awards: set designer Robert Brill; actress Eva Noblezada and costume designer Clint\u2026<\/b>
\nNEW YORK \u2014 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 \u201cAin\u2019t Too Proud to Beg: The Life and Times of the Temptations.\u201d
Noblezada is nominated for Best Performances by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for playing the character Eurydice in \u201cHadestown.\u201d
Ramos is nominated for Best Costume Design of a Play for his work on \u201cTorch Song.\u201d
Ramos
Ramos won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Costume Design-Play for \u201cEclipsed,\u201d which featured Oscar winner Lupita Nyong\u2019o (\u201c12 Years a Slave,\u201d \u201cStar Wars,\u201d \u201cThe Jungle Book\u201d), written by Danai Gurira (Okoye in \u201cBlack Panther\u201d).
Last year, he was nominated for Best Costume Design-Musical for his work on \u201cOnce on This Island,\u201d which featured Lea Salonga in the cast.
Born in the Philippines, Ramos moved to the U. S. to take up a master\u2019s in Design for Stage and Film at New York University\u2019s Tisch School of the Arts on a full scholarship. He designs costumes and sets in New York, across the U. S. and internationally.
Noblezada
Noblezada was previously nominated for Best Actress for her work in the 2017-18 Broadway revival of \u201cMiss Saigon\u201d where she played the titular character Kim. She had played the same role in the 2014-16 West End revival.
Noblezada, whose father is Filipino and mother is Mexican, was born in San Diego and grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. Other credits include playing Eponine in \u201cLes Miserables.\u201d
Brill
Brill was previously nominated in 2004 for Best Scenic Design-Play or Musical for \u201cAssassins\u201d and 2009 for Best Scenic Design-Musical for \u201cGuys and Dolls.\u201d
Brill is a native of Salinas, California. He took up theater at University of California-San Diego (where he now teaches) and cofounded Sledgehammer Theatre while he was a student there.
In addition to theater, Brill also designs for opera productions.
Previous
Previous Filipino American Tony Award winners include Lea Salonga, 1991 Best Actress in a Musical; \u201cMiss Saigon\u201d; composer Robert Lopez, 2004 Best Score, \u201cAvenue Q\u201d and 2011 Best Book and Best Score, \u201cBook of Mormon\u201d; and Celina \u201cLena Hall\u201d Carvajal, 2014 Best Featured Actress in a Musical, \u201cHedwig and the Angry Inch.\u201d
Investors in Broadway productions can acquire awards along with lead producers if productions win Best Play or Musical. Jhett Tolentino, an investing producer with business partner Joan Raffe, earned Tonys for Best Revival of a Play (\u201cA Raisin in the Sun\u201d) and Best Musical (\u201cA Gentleman\u2019s Guide to Love and Murder\u201d), both 2014, and Best Play (\u201cVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike\u201d), 2013.
Ceremony
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre honors theater professionals for distinguished achievement on Broadway. It was founded by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, after whose cofounder the award is named after.
The 73rd annual ceremony will be held on June 9 at Radio City Music Hall. Actor and TV personality James Corden will host.
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