2025 Tony Award nominees include 3 shows first launched in Chicago
ABC 7 Chicago
[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '3.439', 'text': 'The Tony nominees were just revealed'}, {'start': '1.680', 'end': '5.359', 'text': 'this morning. Three productions first'}, {'start': '3.439', 'end': '7.440', 'text': 'launched right here in Chicago have'}, {'start': '5.359', 'end': '10.000', 'text': 'major nominations and one of them is the'}, {'start': '7.440', 'end': '12.160', 'text': 'acclaimed Stephen Wolf drama Purpose'}, {'start': '10.000', 'end': '14.160', 'text': 'with six chances to win including best'}, {'start': '12.160', 'end': '15.920', 'text': 'play. And the actor is talking to our'}, {'start': '14.160', 'end': '18.920', 'text': 'Jose Sanders right after the'}, {'start': '15.920', 'end': '18.920', 'text': 'announcement.'}, {'start': '23.199', 'end': '28.000', 'text': 'John Michael Hill was the youngest'}, {'start': '25.359', 'end': '30.560', 'text': 'performer to ever join the Steenwolf'}, {'start': '28.000', 'end': '33.320', 'text': 'Ensemble. Glenn Davis, not only a'}, {'start': '30.560', 'end': '36.320', 'text': 'veteran actor, but also co-artic'}, {'start': '33.320', 'end': '39.920', 'text': 'director. Cast members Lata Richardson'}, {'start': '36.320', 'end': '42.079', 'text': 'Jackson and Cara Young, also nominees.'}, {'start': '39.920', 'end': '45.360', 'text': 'What do you think this day means for'}, {'start': '42.079', 'end': '46.520', 'text': "Chicago theater? It's a testament to"}, {'start': '45.360', 'end': '50.239', 'text': 'sort of the'}, {'start': '46.520', 'end': '53.600', 'text': "raw honesty that's been cultivated"}, {'start': '50.239', 'end': '55.520', 'text': 'certainly over the last 50 years with uh'}, {'start': '53.600', 'end': '57.600', 'text': 'Stephen Wolf Theater, but really all'}, {'start': '55.520', 'end': '59.600', 'text': 'around the community. The fact that'}, {'start': '57.600', 'end': '61.280', 'text': "we're recognized is awesome, but we"}, {'start': '59.600', 'end': '62.960', 'text': "don't do it for awards, you know, we"}, {'start': '61.280', 'end': '64.400', 'text': "don't do it for Tony nominations. We do"}, {'start': '62.960', 'end': '66.159', 'text': 'it because we believe in the work and'}, {'start': '64.400', 'end': '68.240', 'text': 'the story. We sat down with you a year'}, {'start': '66.159', 'end': '70.159', 'text': 'ago, Jose, and said this, you know, we'}, {'start': '68.240', 'end': '72.000', 'text': "don't do it for Broadway, but if it does"}, {'start': '70.159', 'end': '73.840', 'text': "happen, then we're very excited about"}, {'start': '72.000', 'end': '76.320', 'text': 'that as well. Long way from those early'}, {'start': '73.840', 'end': '79.119', 'text': 'days in Chadam, right? Yeah. Yeah.'}, {'start': '76.320', 'end': '81.520', 'text': 'Chadam. Yeah. 87th Street. You know that'}, {'start': '79.119', 'end': '85.200', 'text': "my my my grandmother's very proud today."}, {'start': '81.520', 'end': '87.600', 'text': "Let's talk about some wagan pride. John,"}, {'start': '85.200', 'end': '90.000', 'text': 'I love my city. I try to get back what I'}, {'start': '87.600', 'end': '91.360', 'text': 'can. If you say you from Chicago and and'}, {'start': '90.000', 'end': '92.560', 'text': 'you talk to somebody from Chicago,'}, {'start': '91.360', 'end': '94.960', 'text': 'they\'re going to be like, "Where? What'}, {'start': '92.560', 'end': '98.079', 'text': 'street?"'}, {'start': '94.960', 'end': '100.720', 'text': "So, I I've I've always repagan and and"}, {'start': '98.079', 'end': '102.799', 'text': "I'm happy to be a part of that very rich"}, {'start': '100.720', 'end': '105.200', 'text': 'city in Illinois. History is by'}, {'start': '102.799', 'end': '107.759', 'text': 'definition a dead thing. Chicago native'}, {'start': '105.200', 'end': '110.560', 'text': 'Harry Lennox also nominated part of the'}, {'start': '107.759', 'end': '112.399', 'text': 'launch right here last spring. This is a'}, {'start': '110.560', 'end': '114.560', 'text': "world premiere and you're doing it here"}, {'start': '112.399', 'end': '117.200', 'text': 'at the Stefen Wolf. you will equate that'}, {'start': '114.560', 'end': '119.600', 'text': "with excellence. And so I think uh it's"}, {'start': '117.200', 'end': '122.960', 'text': "it's the company itself that we keep"}, {'start': '119.600', 'end': '124.880', 'text': 'that is that I think speaks volumes to'}, {'start': '122.960', 'end': '128.560', 'text': 'what this opportunity represents and'}, {'start': '124.880', 'end': '131.360', 'text': 'what this play uh will mean to not just'}, {'start': '128.560', 'end': '133.440', 'text': 'uh Chicago uh but but to the country and'}, {'start': '131.360', 'end': '136.720', 'text': 'to the world. Are you hearing from all'}, {'start': '133.440', 'end': '139.040', 'text': 'you Chicago people? I had 240 text'}, {'start': '136.720', 'end': '140.640', 'text': 'messages and I I said to I said to'}, {'start': '139.040', 'end': '142.080', 'text': "someone, I didn't even know 240 people"}, {'start': '140.640', 'end': '144.400', 'text': 'paid attention to theater in that way.'}, {'start': '142.080', 'end': '146.480', 'text': 'Thank you for representing Chicago so'}, {'start': '144.400', 'end': '148.160', 'text': 'very very well and congratulations once'}, {'start': '146.480', 'end': '150.400', 'text': 'again from all of us here. Appreciate'}, {'start': '148.160', 'end': '152.480', 'text': 'you for always having us on, brother.'}, {'start': '150.400', 'end': '154.560', 'text': 'All right. All right. All the time. We'}, {'start': '152.480', 'end': '157.920', 'text': 'got more stuff to do. We with you. Thank'}, {'start': '154.560', 'end': '160.560', 'text': 'you. Thank you. Jose Sanders, ABC7'}, {'start': '157.920', 'end': '162.720', 'text': 'Eyewitness News. All right. Well, the'}, {'start': '160.560', 'end': '164.319', 'text': 'Tony Awards are presented on June 8th.'}, {'start': '162.720', 'end': '166.319', 'text': 'And Jose will have much more about the'}, {'start': '164.319', 'end': '169.440', 'text': 'nominees who shows for launch in Chicago'}, {'start': '166.319', 'end': '169.440', 'text': 'in upcoming stories.'}]