Billy Porter will obtain the 2024 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for his dedication and contributions as an activist and spokesperson for the LGBTQ+ communities.
The respect, introduced Tuesday, contains the Pose star’s work with The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Basis and the Leisure Group Fund, amongst different organizations. The Tony is given every year to a member of the theater neighborhood who “made a considerable contribution of volunteered effort and time on behalf of a number of humanitarian, social service or charitable organizations.”
Porter is an envoy of The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Basis, in addition to a member of the board of trustees for the Leisure Group Fund, who he has labored with for a number of a long time. Moreover, Porter works with Broadway Cares/Fairness Fights AIDS, HRC (Human Rights Marketing campaign), GLAAD and Deliberate Parenthood
Along with his onscreen work, which incorporates roles within the movies 80 for Brady and Our Son, Porter has quite a lot of theater credit, together with his Tony Award successful position as Lola within the musical Kinky Boots.
“Billy Porter has made extraordinary contributions as an activist for the LGBTQ+ neighborhood and we’re really honored to current him with this yr’s Isabelle Stevenson Award,” stated Jason Laks, interim president of The Broadway League and Heather Hitchens, president and CEO of the American Theatre Wing. “He has lent great time, effort and assist to a wide range of organizations together with The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Basis, the Leisure Group Fund, and Broadway Cares/Fairness Fights AIDS, all whereas turning into an unstoppable drive on stage, display screen and past.”
The Tony Awards are scheduled to happen on June 16 on the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Heart for the Performing Arts in New York.