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David Alan Grier wins a TONY AWARD


Almost 40 years after earning his first TONY AWARDS  nomination for portraying Jackie Robinson in the musical “The First,” Almost 40 years after earning his first Tony Awards nomination for portraying Jackie Robinson in the musical “The First,” David Alan Grier finally took home his first Tony for this work in
 the Broadway debut of Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama A SOLIDER'S PLAY.  The revival ran at the American Airlines Theater from January to March 2020. 

Set on a segregated military base in Louisiana in 1944, the play starred Grier as the vicious Sergeant Vernon C. Waters, whose murder gives the play its central mystery and plot. The production earned seven Tony nominations, including Revival, Actor (Blair Underwood), and Director (Kenny Leon). or his work in the Broadway debut of Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama A SOLIDER'S PLAY in the Featured Actor category. Grier earned some of the best notices of his career for his role in the revival, which ran at the American Airlines Theater from January to March 2020. Set on a segregated military base in Louisiana in 1944, the play starred Grier as the vicious Sergeant Vernon C. Waters, whose murder gives the play its central mystery and plot. 

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