S E1042: Most Decorated Black Broadway Producer, Ron Simons, On His Latest Projects

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Empowerment, Africana Studies, Greg Carr, Karen Hunter, History, Education, Society & Culture

4.5 • 888 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Ron Simons, four-time Tony Award-winning producer shares his journey to the top of the entertainment industry.

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0:00.0	This is Karen Hunter and welcome to the show. I don't know if Tanya knows this man but I was happy to to have a man because I said hey she might know him because he's one Tony she's won Tony's she's got Tony's Chris has Emmys. He's got more than me and in less time.
0:25.4	Does he? Okay well then Tanya does know this Tony Award winning producer.
0:30.1	He's the the most Tony Awardwinning producer in history, black one.
0:35.0	I don't even know if we should qualify it.
0:38.0	He's got a new Broadway play called Thoughts of a Colored Man.
0:42.0	We're going to talk with him all about it. Let me welcome to the show, Ron Simons. Hi.
0:47.0	Hello, Karen. Hello, Tanya. So good to see you.
0:51.0	Look at his Charlie's back there.
0:53.0	Look at him in the back.
0:54.0	Oh, one, two, three, four.
0:57.0	He's got, uh, look at, I love the flex today.
1:00.0	The flex today.
1:02.0	Is it only four? It's only I have five nominations but only four wins.
1:07.0	Oh, look at this.
1:09.0	Run down for the people that know that don't know tell us tell us all of the things
1:16.7	Tell us the jitneys tell us tell us all of the wins. Oh, okay. Not any particular order.
1:24.0	No, that's the least interesting thing about him. Let me tell you about him.
1:26.6	Okay, come on, time you.
1:27.8	First of all, he has Tony's in every category.
1:32.4	That's true. Musical and play, right? What am I missing? Comedy.
1:38.0	And, and musical and then play. Best
1:42.5	play, best revival of a play.
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