#Celebrity mashup movie#

It gave us visibility.вЂќДeBose - who made her Broadway debut in 2012вЂ™s Bring It On: The MusicalВ - has also appeared on stage in Motown the Musical, Pippin, Hamilton: An American MusicalВ and A Bronx Tale: The Musical.Digital artist remixes famous faces to create seamless celebrity hybrids I was able to use my platform to talk about LGBTQ rights, to talk about what it means to be biracial, what it means to be one of the only biracial queer women to be nominated in that particular season. вЂњYouвЂ™re put on a different level for a moment in time that allows you to talk about things that are important to you. вЂњFrom start to finish, the Tonys were a whirlwind,вЂќ the North Carolina native told PopMatters in August 2018. While the North Carolina native ultimately lost the category to Lindsay Mendez - who won for her role in Rodgers & HammersteinвЂ™s CarouselВ - she was humbled by the recognition. And I just feel like whatever we do is going to be fun.вЂќДeBose is a Tony Award nominee herself, earning a Best Featured Actress in a Musical nod in 2018 for her performance as Donna Summer in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. She added: вЂњI would like to throw up, if IвЂ™m honest. вЂњI do look at this as an opportunity to try and provide a real moment of celebration because I think itвЂ™s a gosh-darn feat and a triumph to have been able to make work at all and get to this moment in time.вЂќ The community is still coming out of what has been an extremely challenging time,вЂќ the PromВ actress told The New York TimesВ in an interview published on Thursday, June 9. вЂњThis is the first time weвЂ™re back at Radio City. (Last yearвЂ™s show was broadcast from the Winter Garden Theatre.) SundayвЂ™s ceremony marks the first time since the coronavirus pandemic shutdown that the awards show returns to Radio City Music Hall. TheyвЂ™re cookin up something good for the pre-show,вЂќ she gushed via Instagram earlier this week, sharing a snap with Tony Awards pre-show hosts Darren Criss and Julianne Hough. had been eagerly gearing up for her hosting debut. вЂњAfter the challenging last two years, there is no one better to bring the theater community together on this important night honoring the best of Broadway and share the joys of live performing once again than this extraordinarily talented artist,вЂќ CBS executive Jack Sussman said in a statement at the time.ДeBose - who joins the ranks of past hosts including Neil Patrick Harris, James Corden, Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban and Leslie Odom Jr. Last month, the American Theatre Wing announced that the West Side StoryВ actress - who won Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and SAG Award trophies for her role as Anita in Steven SpielbergвЂ™s 2021 remake of the musical - would emcee the ceremony honoring BroadwayвЂ™s brightest stars of the year.ДЄriana DeBose performs at the 75th annual Tony Awards. In the 2021 film adaptation, the ballad is performed by Rita Moreno, who played Anita in the original 1961 movie. The So You Think You Can Dance alum even gave a shout-out to Lin-Manuel Miranda, who she starred alongside in the original cast of Hamilton, and sang West Side StoryвЂs вЂњSomewhereвЂќ as footage from past Tony Awards played on a screen behind her. Now, sheвЂ™s returning to her theatrical roots as the host of the 75th annual Tony Awards.ДeBose, 31, donned a dazzling all-white ensemble while opening the Sunday, June 12, awards show with a mashup of major Broadway hits.

#Celebrity mashup movie#

SheвЂ™s back on Broadway! Ariana DeBose, who got her start acting on the Great White Way, has since become a massive movie star -В even winning an Oscar.