Latinos have as long a history in American theater as we have in movies. As you watch the Tony Awards at 8 p.m. Sunday on CBS—and root for the Latinos nominated this year (actors Bobby Cannavale, Yul Vazquez and Elizabeth Rodriguez for The Motherf***** With the Hat, and musician Robert Lopez, who co-wrote music and lyrics for The Book of Mormon)—take a look back at Latinos who have already conquered the Tony Awards.
Who: Jose Ferrer
Awards: Best Actor in a Play—Cyrano de Bergerac, 1947, The Shrike, 1952; Best Director, Stalag 17, The Fourposter, The Shrike, 1952.
Ferrer was a one-person tour de force who could do it all—from starring in Shakespeare plays (he was part of a production of Othello that still holds the record for longest-running Shakespeare play in the U.S.) to directing himself to a Tony (The Shrike). He was a consummate actor and the Latino Broadway acting legend.
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