Nominee David Alan Grier sees Tony Awards as origin of other award shows

Grier sees Tonys as origin of other award shows

NEW YORK — David Alan Grier (greer) doesn’t think the Tonys are the outsider of other award shows, but the origin of all others.

Says Grier: “The Tonys are the frozen sperm of all the other award shows. I have a dog that’s a Greater Swiss Mountain dog. From that dog came other breeds. That’s the Tonys.”

The actor adds: “The Tony is not the Oscars of the theater, it is the Oscar with another name.”

Grier was nominated for featured actor in a play for his performance as attorney Henry Brown in “Race.”

He says the biggest obstacle Sunday was getting through the matinee so he could get to New York’s Radio City Music Hall for the Tony Awards show.

Grier says that during the performance, he was thinking: “Hurry up, there’s someplace I need to be.”

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