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Where do you recognize that Tony-nominated actor from?
If you tune in to the Tony Awards ceremony Sunday night on CBS or stream it using Paramount+ with Showtime, you may notice faces you know you've seen on TV, but where?
Take, for instance, Mass. native Jasmine Amy Rogers. The actress had a massive breakthrough starring in 'BOOP! The Musical,' for which she's been nominated for best actress in a musical. And while you should be swiftly learning her face and name so that you can brag that this rising star is from the Bay State, if you find yourself wracking your brain for what you know her from on Sunday, you might have seen her in a 2019 episode of the demonic detective show 'Evil' called '7 Swans a Singin'.'
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Or maybe you recognize Andrew Durand, currently starring both alive and then dead in 'Dead Outlaw' on Broadway (theater critic Don Aucoin
Glenn Davis, nominated for best featured actor in 'Purpose,' was in an episode each of '24' and 'The Good Wife,' but '
For my personal 'hey, I know that guy!' moment, I offer Gabriel Ebert, nominated for best featured actor in 'John Proctor Is the Villain,' who recently appeared in four episodes of the Brian Tyree Henry Apple TV+ show '
Of course, seven episodes of a show that had
only 10 per season is enough to make a pretty lasting impression. The prototypical New York City theater actor role is a single episode of 'Law & Order,' playing either a killer or a victim. After all, enough TV success tends to lead to stage
actors departing for Hollywood altogether.
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Lisa Weidenfeld is an arts editor at the Boston Globe.
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