This Year’s Tony Awards Have a Notable Number of Asian Nominees

Playbill: When it comes to Asian American theatrical history, 1988 was a banner year. That was the year of M. Butterfly, where David Henry Hwang was the first Asian playwright to win a Tony Award and BD Wong was the first Asian actor of any gender to win a Tony. (Coincidentally, that was the year the author of this article was born.) So if 1988 was a good year for Asian Americans on Broadway, then 2023 is also shaping up to be momentous. Because this year, there are a notable nine artists of Asian descent nominated for a Tony Award.