The Drag Race superstar is part of the starry producing team that brought the hit musical to life on Broadway.
RuPaultook home a top honor at the Tony Awards on Sunday night whenA Strange Loopwon Best Musical at the 75th annual awards show.
TheDrag Racesuperstar is one of the many starry names credited as a producer on the musical that has taken Broadway by storm since itdebuted in April,along withAlan Cumming,Ilana Glazer,Jennifer Hudson(who is now an EGOT with this win),Mindy Kaling, andBilly Porter.Written by Michael R. Jackson who won a 2020 Pulitzer for his work the show follows the story of Usher (Jaquel Spivey), a Black queer musical theater composer who is writing a musical about a Black queer musical composer while working as an usher atThe Lion King.
RuPaul at the 75th Annual Tony Awards.Theo Wargo/Getty Images
Though Spivey missed out on the Best Actor award,A Strange Loopwon big at the Tonys overall, as the show honored Jackson with a statue for Best Book of a Musical in addition to the top honor of the night.
Before becoming one of the most nominated shows of the season, the musical was the recipient of five Drama Desk Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards, six Outer Critics Circle honors, two Obie awards, one Off-Broadway Alliance Award, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical after debuting at Playwrights Horizons Theater in 2019.
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