{"id":13028,"date":"2017-02-14T11:56:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T03:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=13028"},"modified":"2017-02-14T11:56:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T03:56:58","slug":"fil-am-broadway-producer-bags-his-first-grammy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/02\/14\/fil-am-broadway-producer-bags-his-first-grammy\/","title":{"rendered":"Fil-Am Broadway producer bags his first Grammy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filipino-American Broadway producer Jhett Tolentino bagged his first Grammy during the award\u2019s night held on Sunday. The three-time Tony Award winner, along with his fellow producers and cast members, won the Best Musical Theater Album for \u201cThe Color Purple\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Jhett<\/p>\n

Image screen grabbed from Jhett Tolentino’s Instagram page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Color Purple\u201d team, as listed on Grammy\u2019s website, consists of: principal soloists Danielle Brooks, Cynthia Erivo, and Jennifer Hudson; producers Stephen Bray, Van Dean, Frank Filipetti, Roy Furman, Joan Raffe, Scott Sanders, and Jhett Tolentino; and composers\/lyricists Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell, and Alle Willis.<\/p>\n

Tolentino and his crew were nominated alongside \u201cBright Star\u201d, \u201cFiddler on the Roof\u201d, \u201cKinky Boots\u201d, and \u201cWaitress\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Iloilo-born Tolentino is also one of the three Filipinos, aside from Lea Salonga and Robert Lopez, to win awards at the Tony\u2019s. He has bagged the following awards: Best Musical for \u201cA Gentleman\u2019s Guide to Love and Murder\u201d, Best Revival of a Play for \u201cA Raisin in the Sun\u201d, and Best Play for \u201cVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Sources: Grammy’s<\/a>, Inquirer<\/a>, CNN Philippines<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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