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When “Hadestown” director Rachel Chavkin was a child in Silver Spring, Md., politics and theater both were beloved at home. “My grandfather grew up in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers union housing in the Bronx,” she said. “He would put on plays with other kids in the complex, including plays by Clifford Odets. My grandparents loved the theater, and so did my parents, who are both civil rights lawyers.
It was a harbinger of things to come. Two years after “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” earned 12 Tony Award nominations, including Chavkin’s first for best director, she finds herself nominated again — this time at the helm of the folk opera “Hadestown,” which has a leading 14 Tony nods.
Denée Benton in"Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812," which earned Chavkin her first Tony nomination. Technical rehearsal. That’s when I put all the pieces together and am in the theater with sound and lights and costumes. I love tech, and I think that’s why I would enjoy making films someday.
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