Lamar Richardson & Mikaal Sulaiman Joins Tavis Smiley

About this episode

Lamar Richardson and Mikaal Sulaiman discuss their historic Tony Award wins and the significance of their achievements in theater.

Three-time Tony Award-winning producer and actor Lamar Richardson and first-time Tony Award-winning sound designer Mikaal Sulaiman celebrate their historic wins as the youngest Black lead producer for the musical Ragtime and Best Sound Design of a Play for Death of a Salesman, respectively. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

People in this episode

Host: Tavis Smiley

Guests: Lamar Richardson, Mikaal Sulaiman

Topics covered

• Tony Awards
• theater
• Black representation
• musical production
• sound design

Keywords

• Tony Award
• Lamar Richardson
• Mikaal Sulaiman
• Ragtime
• Death of a Salesman
• theater
• Black producers
• sound design

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ragtime, Death of a Salesman

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