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“It is the roar of the audience that she still remembers. About a year ago, Lindsay Mendez heard a huge cheer from the crowd at Radio City Music Hall when she was announced as the winner of the 2018 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
These artists can doubly claim to rank among Broadway’s Latino elite, first as repeat Tony nominees, and second, as Hispanics who have achieved success on the Great White Way.
Actor Robin De Jesus is nominated for his work in “The Boys In The Band.”Polk &amp; Co.
In its review of “The Boys In The Band,” The New York Times praised De Jesús’ “excellent” and “superlative performance.” Although the limited-run show closed in August, the cast will reunite to film a Netflix adaptation this summer.
Of Puerto Rican heritage, De Jesús received the show’s only acting nomination, for Best Featured Actor in a Play, a nod that was particularly meaningful to him because of everyone who has helped him along his journey so far.
While Broadway has often seemed ahead of the curve on social issues, De Jesús is not fully convinced that the current push for more diversity reflects an actual trend.
Latinos in the Broadway community work in a field that is overwhelmingly white — on both sides of the curtain. The theatrical union Actors Equity, for example, has 51,000 active members, and only 2.9 percent identify as Hispanic/Latino. And according to a report on the 2017-2018 season by The Broadway League, the audience for Broadway shows is 74 percent white, and 8.2 percent Hispanic.
For Broadway veteran Sergio Trujillo, his nomination for Best Choreography feels very personal.
Trujillo became so successful that at one point in 2010, he was represented by four shows on Broadway: “Jersey Boys,” “The Addams Family,” “Next To Normal,” and “Memphis.” “Ain’t Too Proud” marks Trujillo’s second Tony nomination.
These days Trujillo has a young family of his own; he is married to actor/producer Jack Noseworthy and they have a son, 14 months old.
This fall, Mendez will co-star in “All Rise,” a new CBS courthouse drama.

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I counted sixty-four "l"s in that text.
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