Why one Tony Award nominee won’t give up his day job

April 30, 2015 by Jonathan Mandell

While it’s not hard to find an actor or writer waiting tables or bartending in New York to make ends meet, we found one Tony Award nominee who doesn’t plan to give up his day job. Here’s why.

Robert Askins, Tony Awards nominee for Hand to God

Robert Askin’s comedy about an evil sock puppet, Hand to God, which our reviewer described as “funny, filthy, violent and sensitive” has been nominated for five Tony Awards. Conceivably it won’t be hard to come up with a drink named after puppet Tyrone, who believes all our troubles started when some jerk invented right and wrong.

Askins will be turning over his bar towel on June 7th, when he’s due at Radio City Music Hall for the 69th Annual Tony Awards®.

For the rest of us, we’ll be watching on CBS, starting at 8/7c.

Coming up in our Tony Nominees series:

Brandon Uranowitz talks about American in Paris
‘What show changed your life?’ Tony nominees respond.

About Jonathan Mandell

Jonathan Mandell is a third-generation New York City journalist and a digital native, who has written about the theater for a range of publications, including Playbill, American Theatre Magazine, the New York Times, Newsday, Backstage, NPR.com and CNN.com. He holds a BA from Yale and an MA from Columbia University, and has taught at the Columbia School of Journalism and New York University. He blogs at NewYorkTheater.me and Tweets as @NewYorkTheater.

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