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Fil-Am theater star Eva Noblezada gets second Tony nomination
Fil-Am theater star Eva Noblezada gets second Tony nomination
ABS-CBN News
Published May 01, 2019 01:32 AM PHT
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Updated May 01, 2019 06:56 AM PHT
At just the age of 23, Eva Noblezada now has two nominations in the prestigious Tony Awards. Hadestown
Filipino-American Eva Noblezada is again up for a Tony Award.
This is her second Tony nomination in three years, it was revealed Tuesday, and it is for her role in "Hadestown," a musical retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus' journey to the underworld.
She is up against Stephanie J. Block ("The Cher Show"), Caitlin Kinnunen ("The Prom"), Beth Leavel ("The Prom"), and Kelli O’Hara ("Kiss Me, Kate") in the best lead actress in a musical category.
Noblezada, whose father is a Filipino, was last nominated in 2017 when she made her Broadway debut with "Miss Saigon" as Kim, a young Vietnamese bar girl who falls in love with an American soldier.
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She is one of three Filipino-Americans who got nods in this year's Tony Awards, with the others being Robert Brill for his set designs in "Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations," and costume designer Clint Ramos for his work in "Torch Song."
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