And to add to it, we were performing on the Today Show and we couldn’t make any noise – so there were just real tears and fake clapping! And then when we were done with the segment, there was so much screaming and camaraderie. “It’s the first time I got to experience hearing the nominations with one of my casts instead of at home. “This morning was absolutely incredible,” said Casey Nicholaw, nominated for both his direction and choreography for the musical Some Like It Hot. It’s incredibly special to be included among such talented actors and friends and I’m feeling so grateful and so proud of my entire company.” And as a Jew, giving a voice to Leo Frank’s story and bringing him to life each night is so wonderfully meaningful. “As a lifelong lover of musical theatre, this show has always had a special place in my heart. “I am beyond excited to be nominated this year, and I’m deeply honored to be recognized for this role especially,” said Ben Platt, nominated in the Best Leading Actor/Musical category for his performance in Parade. He teaches at Harold Washington College, and Ivy Tech Community College.The Tony Awards And The Writers Strike: What Happens If Broadway's Big Night Has No Words? Lindsay has a Post Graduate Certificate in Multicultural and Transnational Literatures from East Carolina University, MA in English from Arizona State University, an MFA in Creative Writing from Chicago State University, and Bachelors in Psychology from the University of Illinois, Chicago.

He wrote bimonthly articles for Conversations magazine, and he wrote non-fiction book reviews for Hartman Publishing’s N’DIGO Magapaper and the Chicago Defender newspaper. He has also contributed to the on-line encyclopedia , and . He has been published by to the African American literary web-site ‘’, as well as the young adult magazine Cicada.

He has published book critiques and reviews for Black Issue’s Book Review. He was a contributor to the anthologies Don't Hate the Game – Luscious, Fire and Desire, and Revise the Psalm. Tony Lindsay is the author of seven novels  One Dead Preacher, Street Possession, Chasin’ It, Urban Affair, One Dead Lawyer, More Boy than Girl, One Dead Doctor, The Killing Breeze, and five short story collections titled: Pieces of the Hole, Fat from Papa’s Head, Emotional Drippings, Almost Grown, and Acorns in a Skillet.

Almost Grown by Tony Lindsay