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I'm Liliana Blaine-Cruz and I've been nominated for Best Director for The Skin of R.T
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It is Tony Day. How excited are you? I'm thrilled! I feel crazy! I'm so excited
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Has this whole journey been wild for you and surreal? It's been so surreal. It's been thrilling. I mean, I got to make my Broadway debut with Friends
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I feel so lucky and excited and grateful for this moment. Bringing this play to a whole new audience, especially a young audience, what that means to you
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Yeah, that feels so essential. I mean, Lincoln Center is one of those few spaces in New York City where it is literally a plaza for art
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And I wanted to break open the doors a little bit more to let the youth come in and feel invited to the party
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And it was exciting to do that with a play as grand as The Skin of R.T
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There are so many Broadway debuts in this classic piece. What does that mean to you
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Yeah, so we have 19 actors who are making their Broadway debut, which is amazing
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It's literally a gang of folks. And they've been so generous and wonderful
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And I love them dearly because their newness brings a certain spirit and life to the project
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So many of the designers are making their Broadway debut with this show
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And so I feel like there's a level of vibrancy in entering into this new arena for the first time
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It's like introducing the artists of tomorrow, right? Yeah, essentially it feels like a new vanguard kind of entering into this space
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You get to wear Tony pins. I know! It's a Tony pin! I didn't even know they're so fancy! Magnetic! It matches everything
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So just realizing how your production is touching people, especially a young audience, what that means to you
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Yeah, I always get excited when young folks walk out of the theater vibrating, right
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My experience of wanting to make theater that makes people feel alive is essentially why I do it
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And so when folks walk out and they're talking about it and they're wrestling with it and they feel seen in the experience
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that's been a wonderful journey to witness and experience
