NewsTony Award Winner Cynthia Nixon Announces Candidacy for Governor of New YorkThe stage and screen veteran revealed her bid in a newly released campaign video.
By
Andrew Gans
March 19, 2018
Cynthia Nixon, a Tony winner for her performances in Rabbit Hole and last year’s The Little Foxes, officially announced her candidacy for the forthcoming New York governor’s race March 19, challenging Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary.
The Sex and the City Emmy winner also released a campaign video; take a look above.
Nixon’s official fundraising website positions her as “a lifelong New Yorker and progressive activist who is running for governor to fight for a better, more equal New York.”
Rumors of Nixon's campaign for governor began last year as the actor continued to voice her longstanding activism for education and the LGBT community. If elected, Nixon would become the first female governor of New York.
In addition to her two Tony-winning performances, Nixon has appeared on Broadway in such shows as The Real Thing (both the original 1984 production and 2014 revival), Wit, The Women, Indiscretions, Angels in America, and The Heidi Chronicles.
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Nixon won a 1980-1981 Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in The Philadelphia Story
William Hurt and Cynthia Nixon in Broadway's Hurlyburly, 1984
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Ron Silver, William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Sigourney Weaver, Jerry Stiller, Cynthia Nixon and Judith Ivey in Broadway's Hurlyburly, 1984
Joan Allen, Joanne Camp, Anne Lange and Cynthia Nixon in Broadway's The Heidi Chronicles, 1989
Jude Law, Cynthia Nixon, Eileen Atkins and Roger Rees in Broadway's Indiscretions, 1995
The Fred Ebb Award recognizes excellence in musical theatre songwriting, by a songwriter or songwriting team that has not yet achieved significant commercial success.
