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Jun 11, 2023 · Michael Arden, a three-time Tony nominee, won his first Tony Award for his direction of the Broadway revival of “Parade,” the 1998 musical about the lynching of Leo Frank by an antisemitic mob.
Jun 11, 2023 · Michael Arden took home the 2023 Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical for His work on Parade and gave a rousing speech. Find out more.
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Arden used his acceptance speech to talk about bigotry, linking Parade 's depiction of violent anti-semitism to his own childhood experiences of homophobia. "We must come together, we must...
Jun 11, 2023 · When Michael Arden accepted his Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for staging the new revival of Parade on Broadway, he was censored while discussing his upbringing. Read what he said...
Jun 12, 2023 · In his acceptance speech, Arden spoke to the queer community. “And to our beautiful trans, non-binary, queer youth, know that your queerness is what makes you beautiful and powerful,” he said.
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Jun 11, 2023 · Michael Arden won the 2023 Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical, and said he was an f-slur “with a Tony,” in his speech, which CBS promptly bleeped out.
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Jun 11, 2023 · Michael Arden won his first Tony Award tonight and one moment during his speech was silenced by CBS even though it got a rapturous applause by the audience. The 40-year-old director won the...
