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I'm the host Scott Feinberg, and this very special edition, a roundtable conversation with seven of this year's Tony-nominated actresses, 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 let's get down to business.

Our guests today are Michelle Williams, who's playing

Una, a young woman who tracks down a decades older man with whom she had a sexual relationship

when she was 12 in the play Blackbird. Cynthia Arrivo, who's playing Seeley, a poor black

woman who refuses to let years of abuse crush her soul in the musical, the color purple.

Jessica Lang, who's playing Mary Tyrone, a morphine-addicted matriarch of a troubled family

in the play Long Day's Journey and Tonight.

Jesse Mueller, who's playing Jenna, a waitress and piemaker extraordinaire, stuck in an abusive

marriage in the musical Waitress.

Megan Hilty, who played Brooke, a skimply clad and not especially sharp actress in the play

noises off.

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