Jesse Tyler Ferguson is now a Tony Award winner. The former star earned his first-ever trophy for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his acclaimed turn in the revival of the gay baseball play,, during the 75th annual ceremony.
With his win in the category, Ferguson beat out co-stars Michael Oberholtzer and Jesse Williams, who has garnered headlines for his performance as well as leaked images of his onstage nude scenes.
Ferguson, meanwhile, previously explained to ET the significance of reviving this story for Broadway and why Richard Greenberg’s play still resonates as much today as it did 20 years ago. “When I saw this play, it was very timely.
But I thought, ‘Probably in two years it won’t be anymore,’” he recalled. “And here we are [20] years later, and racism and homophobia are still very relevant.”Not only that, Ferguson said there’s still more needed when it comes to LGBTQ representation in the professional sports world, especially in baseball. “We haven’t had anyone on the level of the character in this play [come out].
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