By the late 1990s, authorities had identified eight men using dental records and available DNA technologies. But then those efforts stopped, although the remains of at least 17 people may have still been unidentified.
Robinson graduated from Andrew Jackson High School in Queens, focusing on music and art. He played the flute and was a second baritone in the school’s choir. Robinson went on to the Dance Theatre of Harlem and then to Howard University, where he earned his bachelor’s in theater education. He earned an honorable mention in the education category at the 2023 Tonys.He has leaned on the Arthur Miller Foundation Fellows Program and Broadway Bridges Program to take his students to Broadway shows. This season, they’ve seen
and “John Proctor Is the Villain.”“We don’t call them trips. I call them theater experiences,” says Robinson. “It’s not a trip and a day out. You’re exploring what you learned in class through your drama book and textbook. What do you see on the stage happening? What did you learn in class and how do you make those connections?”After seeing a show, Robinson is often asked by his students when they are going back, so eye-opening has the experience been.
“Many of them walk around the whole day holding the Playbill. I said, ‘You can put it away.’ But it’s like this little Broadway treasure that they have in their hand. And that makes me proud because I know that it has had a major impact on them.”The award includes a $10,000 prize for the Theatre Arts Program and a pair of tickets to the Tony ceremony and gala. Robinson’s students will also receive a visiting master class taught by Carnegie Mellon drama professors.
A panel of judges comprised of the American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League, Carnegie Mellon and other leaders from the theater industry selects the winner, from candidates submitted by the public.
Many of Robinson’s students have gone on to careers in the arts — one is on tour in “Moulin Rouge,” another is a manager at the famed Apollo Theater and another just finished a TV show.And asked about his own political future, Grossi acknowledged his interest in pursuing the post of U.N. secretary-general, which is now held by António Guterres, whose current five-year term expires in 2027. But for now, “I have a lot on my plate.”
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