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Hi, I'm Ruben Santiago Hudson, nominated for Lead Actor in a play for Lackawanna Blues
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It is Tony Day, my friend. We're back. You're sitting in the chair, dapper as ever. How do
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you feel today? I feel great. You know, it's a wonderful feeling to be nominated. And then
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that's a little melancholy that so many incredible people could not, because they only could fill so
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many slots, could not get acknowledged on this day. So I feel a little sad, but I feel a little
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great. So I try to find myself in the middle. But what an honor to be recognized for the work
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you know, this season from all the wonderful people. You brought so much joy to so many
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audience members, including myself, not once but twice for this run of Lackawanna Blues
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What that meant to you of all the joy you brought to theatergoers? It means it's a tremendous
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feeling to me because I told a story about a woman who saved my life, and I wanted to see if I can
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offer some of that generosity and grace to the community, the theater community and New York
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community that was looking for a lifeline, looking for something to say, yes, we're going to be all
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right. And that was Nannie. And that was my mother. And she let me know it was going to be all right
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And I wanted to let New York know it was going to be all right. So to be embraced by the community
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in such a way, it gave me the ultimate joy and made me know that my living is not in vain
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and my art is not in vain. And so personally, it meant so much to me to see the people
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pour into those theaters after they had been away from them for so long. Where are your Tony pins today? How does it feel? It feels good. You know
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I got a little collection. My goal is to get one for each of my kids. I got four kids. I
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got a little ways to go if I don't retire. You're not going anywhere. I'm getting weary
