Presented to outstanding productions, artists and organizations that don't fall into the competitive categories, this year's honorees offer a vision of Broadway post-pandemic shutdown.
Lauren Patten Thanks Trans and Nonbinary 'Jagged Little Pill' Colleagues While Accepting Best Actress in a Musicalco-creator and actor Anthony Veneziale then paid tribute to the art and impact of improv. “Improv is a skill that is life-changing and it roots you in the present, and it builds empathy, and now it’s a viable road to the biggest stage in the world,” he said.
Britton Smith, president of the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, addressed the industry’s shifting commitments to diversity and inclusion over the last year, following a summer of racial justice protests around the country tied to the murder of George Floyd and other Black Americans at the hands of law enforcement.
“This is an incredible honor. Our team and our founders who vision to make an industry better that wasn’t even built for us, we all owe them a huge round of applause and thank you,” he said. “My biggest worry is that when we come back to the machine, when Broadway comes back, that opening will close and push out empathy and push out challenge, but this award is evidence that moving forward requires calling out.
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