Broadway Show Director From Central Virginia Is a Tony Nominee

Broadway show director from Central Virginia is a Tony nominee

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- A Broadway show director with Central Virginia roots is nominated for a Tony Award.  Sam Pinkleton grew up in the Tri-Cities and is not shy about saying he owes the "804" for the foundations of his success. "I’m from Hopewell, like, I am from Hopewell," Pinkleton told 8News Anchor Eric Philips.  "I don’t know if you’ve been to Hopewell, but the life that I have now is not the life that I expected to have growing up, and I…

Will this Bristol native take home a Tony Award for 10-time nominee ‘Death Becomes Her’?

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5 minutes with a Tony nominee: ‘English’’s Knud Adams

Adams offers his best advice for other directors tackling Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize winner.