(Jewish Group) The Tonys honored plays about antisemitism -- the winners eagerly talked about anyelse

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The Tonys honored plays about antisemitism — the winners were eager to talk about anything else

With a WGA strike still raging — and actors not far behind — the 2023 Tonys went off without a script, but still included some moving words. Just not about one of the major themes of the night, antisemitism.

Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee made history as the first openly nonbinary performers to win acting categories. Ghee, who plays Jerry/Daphne in Some Like It Hot, dedicated their Tony to “every trans, nonbinary, gender-nonconforming human who ever was told you couldn’t be, you couldn’t be seen.” Newell, who won featured actor for the musical Shucked, said, “I should not be up here as a queer, nonbinary, fat, Black little baby from Massachusetts. And to anyone who thinks they can’t do it — you can do anything you put your mind to.”

Winning for best revival of a play for Topdog/Underdog, Suzan-Lori Parks thanked her cast and director, who “showed up to be large in a world that often does not much want the likes of us living at all.”

Parade director Michael Arden was censored for saying “this f—t has a Tony” to his childhood bullies.

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Not surprising, Jews are "groomed" to act like that...discuss the bigotries other face, but not when it comes to anti-Semitism.