Industry NewsJeremy Pope, Shakina Nayfack, Cody Renard Richard, More Make the 2020 Out100 List The annual list recognizes prominent members of the LGBTQ+ community for their impact around the world.
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Logan Culwell-Block
November 19, 2020
Jeremy Pope, Shakina Nayfack, and Cody Renard Richard
Out Magazine has announced its annual Out100 list for 2020, recognizing prominent members of the LGBTQ+ community for their "groundbreaking, ripple-inducing, and culture-shifting impact around the world."
Among this year's list are such theatre names as two-time 2019 Tony Award nominee and Ain't Too Proud and Choir Boy star Jeremy Pope, actor and theatre maker Shakina Nayfack, and stage manager and activist Cody Renard Richard.
Also making the 2020 list: The Prom film star Jo Ellen Pellman, actor Cheyenne Jackson, two-time Tony-winning director Joe Mantello, TV director-producer and musical theatre writer Paris Barclay, choreographer Jamal Sims, and recording artist and Broadway Cinderella star KeKe Palmer. Find the complete list at Out.com.
The honorees will be recognized at the Out100 Virtual Honoree Induction Ceremony November 21 at 8 PM ET, with Jackson and Pope scheduled to make appearances. The ceremony will stream live at Out.com.
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Production Photos: Ain't Too Proud on Broadway
Production Photos: Ain't Too Proud on Broadway
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Ephraim Sykes, Jawan M. Jackson, Derrick Baskin, Jeremy Pope, and James Harkness
Taylor Symone Jackson, Candice Marie Woods, and Nasia Thomas
Ephraim Sykes, Jeremy Pope, James Harkness, and Jawan M. Jackson
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Derrick Baskin, Jawan M. Jackson, Jeremy Pope, Saint Aubyn, and E. Clayton Corneilous
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Jeremy Pope, Candice Marie Woods, and Cast
Derrick Baskin, Jawan M. Jackson, Jeremy Pope, James Harkness, and Ephraim Sykes
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Cast of Ain't Too Proud
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Ephraim Sykes, Jawan M. Jackson, Jeremy Pope, Derrick Baskin, and James Harkness
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Ephraim Sykes and cast of Ain't Too Proud
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Ephraim Sykes, Jeremy Pope, Jawan M. Jackson, James Harkness, and Derrick Baskin
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Christian Thompson, Saint Aubyn, Ephraim Sykes (center), Jeremy Pope, Derrick Baskin, and Jawan M. James
Matthew Murphy
Derrick Baskin, Jeremy Pope, Jawan M. Jackson, Ephraim Sykes, and James-Harkness
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Ephraim Sykes, Jawan M. Jackson, Jeremy Pope, Derrick Baskin, and James Harkness
The new musical, based on the 1959 film and featuring a book by Matthew López and Amber Ruffin and a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, will make its Broadway premiere this season.
The non-profit has also added five new board members, including Tyler Perry, Sharon Karmazin, and executives from Actors' Equity, SAG-AFTRA, and The Shubert Organization.
Written by Dean Pitchford, Doug Besterman, and Timothy Allen McDonald, the musical made its world premiere at Off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company in 2019.
The union is standing in solidarity with American Equity's own ban while leaving room for Drabinsky to possibly work with both CAEA and AEA members in the future.
The move will render the Tony-winning producer unable to hire Equity members, effectively ending his ability to produce on Broadway and at many major venues across the country.