Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to episode 60 of Awards Chatter, the Hollywood

Reporter's Awards podcast. I'm the host Scott Feinberg, and this very special edition,

a roundtable conversation with seven of this year's Tony-nominated actors

is brought to you by the iconic Empire Hotel on New York's Upper West Side,

as well as The Humans,

a new play by Stephen Karam that's been nominated for six Tony Awards,

including Best Play.

Directed by Tony winner Joe Mantello,

you can get your tickets for the humans right now at Broadway.com. Now down to business. Our guests today are Alex Brightman, who's playing

Dewey, a screw-up who finds new meaning and purpose while posing as an elementary school teacher

in the musical School of Rock. Leslie Odom Jr., who's playing Aaron Burr, a politician whose life was and legacy is forever intertwined with those of Alexander Hamilton in the musical Hamilton.

Gabriel Byrne, who's playing James Tyrone, the patriarch of a family in crisis, in the play Long Days Journey in Tonight.

Reed Bernie, who's playing Eric, a janitor from Scranton, whose family is living on the brink, in the play Long Day's Journey into Night. Reed Bernie, who's playing Eric, a janitor from Scranton

whose family is living on the brink in the play The Humans.

Danny Burstein, who's playing Tevia,

a husband and father trying to preserve tradition

in a fast-changing world in the musical Fiddler on the Roof.

Zachary Levi, who's playing George, a store clerk,

exchanging love letters with a woman he's never met in the musical, She Loves Me. And Jeff Daniels, who's playing Ray, an ex-con

confronted by the much younger woman with whom he had a sexual relationship when she was 12

in the play Blackbird. So without further ado, let's go to that conversation.

Thank you all so much for being here.

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