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Tony and Obie Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson is an American actor, playwright, and director who has won national awards for his work in all three categories. He wrote the screenplay of the 2020 film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. He is best known for his role of Captain Roy Montgomery from 2009 to ...
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson Biography
Tony and Obie Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson is an American actor, playwright, and director who has won national awards for his work in all three categories. He wrote the screenplay of the 2020 film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. He is best known for his role of Captain Roy Montgomery from 2009 to 2011 on ABC's Castle. In November 2011 he appeared on Broadway in Lydia R. Diamond's play Stick Fly. In 2013 he starred in the TV series Low Winter Sun, a police drama set in Detroit. Santiago-Hudson played the role of Bayard Rustin in the film Selma. He directed the Broadway Production and National Tour of Jitney.Ruben Santiago-Hudson Awards and Nominations
Drama Desk Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Actor in a Play | ||
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues | ||
Drama League Awards - 2022 - Distinguished Performance Awards | ||
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues | ||
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Director of a Play | ||
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Skeleton Crew | ||
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2022 - Special Achievement Awards ![]() |
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues | ||
Tony Awards - 2022 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | ||
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues | ||
Drama Desk Awards - 2017 - Outstanding Director of a Play ![]() |
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jitney | ||
New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 2017 - Special Citation ![]() |
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jitney | ||
Tony Awards - 2017 - Best Direction of a Play | ||
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson's Jitney | ||
Drama Desk Awards - 2014 - Outstanding Solo Performance | ||
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned | ||
Drama League Awards - 2014 - Distinguished Performance Award | ||
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned | ||
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2014 - Outstanding Solo Performance | ||
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned | ||
Drama Desk Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Director of a Play | ||
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, The Piano Lesson | ||
Obie Awards - 2013 - Direction ![]() |
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson, The Piano Lesson | ||
The Lortels - 2013 - Outstanding Director ![]() |
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson, The Piano Lesson | ||
Helen Hayes Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production ![]() |
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Ruben Santiago-HudsonLackawanna Blues | ||
Drama Desk Awards - 2001 - Outstanding Solo Performance ![]() |
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues | ||
Obie Awards - 2001 - Special Citations ![]() |
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues | ||
Tony Awards - 1996 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play ![]() |
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson , Seven Guitars |
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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 21, 2022
The staged reading of Greenwood by Coolidge Harris II, the inaugural presentation of the TRU Diversity/Amplifying BIPOC Voices program initiative, will be followed by a 'dollars and sense' talkback discussion about the development of this new work. The reading will take place on Monday, July 25, 2022 at 7pm ET at The Actors’ Temple.

by Stephi Wild - Jul 12, 2022
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), announces the launch of TRU Diversity: Amplifying BIPOC Voices, an initiative to highlight the works and explore the concerns of BIPOC theater artists, producers and administrators. The debut of the TRU Diversity program will feature a free reading of Greenwood, a relevant new play by TRU member Coolidge Harris II, set during the Tulsa Race Massacre.

by Jennifer Broski - Jul 1, 2022
The Public Theater just celebrated opening night of Free Shakespeare in the Park production of RICHARD III at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park. BroadwayWorld was there for the big day and we have photos from the red carpet arrivals!

by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 21, 2022
The 2nd Annual Antonyo Award nominations from the 2021-2022 Broadway and Off-Broadway season have been announced! See the full list here!

by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 16, 2022
Project1VOICE, a New York-based organization dedicated to supporting theatre and the performing arts by people of African descent, has announced the esteemed recipients for their upcoming Project1VOICE Honors. The Lifetime Achievement Award honorees will include Vivian Reed, two-time Tony-nominated veteran of five Broadway shows and more.

by Jennifer Broski - Jun 15, 2022
Check out photos from this year's Drama Desk Awards.

by Team BWW - Jun 14, 2022
Broadway flocked to the 2022 Tribeca Festival or the premiere of BROADWAY RISING, which tells the inspiring journey back to the stage and the toll of the pandemic on the Broadway community after a historic closure. Check out photos from the special evening!

by Team BWW - Jun 12, 2022
Phylicia Rashad has won the 2022 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for SKELETON CREW.

by Team BWW - Jun 12, 2022
Miss a speech from the 75th Annual Tony Awards? As winners take the stage this evening, stay tuned to BroadwayWorld as we bring you full text of all of the acceptance speeches; from the emotional to the humorous, and everything in between.

by Team BWW - Jun 12, 2022
The best of Broadway gathered on June 12 at Radio City Music Hall to celebrate the 75th Annual Tony Awards. We've got the complete list of winners for the Tony Awards!
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by Michael Major - Jun 7, 2022
A League of Their Own evokes the spirit of Penny Marshall's classic, while taking a deeper look at race and sexuality, following the journey of a new ensemble of characters as they carve their own paths towards the field, both in the league and outside of it. The series stars Roberta Colindrez (Fun Home), Molly Ephraim (Into the Woods), and more.

by BroadwayWorld TV - Jun 6, 2022
Ruben Santiago-Hudson is Broadway's jack of all trades this season. Not only did he direct MTC's Tony-nominated Skeleton Crew, but he wrote, directed and starred in Lackwanna Blues- the latter of which earned him a Tony nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play.

by BroadwayWorld TV - May 28, 2022
The countdown to the Tony Awards has a officially begun! On June 12, the brightest stars of the 2021-22 season will shine even brighter as they gather at the iconic Radio City Music Hall to celebrate Broadway's biggest night. Leading up to the 75th Annual Tony Awards, BroadwayWorld is getting up close and personal with the nominees. Today we're studying up on Ruben Santigao-Hudson!

by BroadwayWorld TV - Feb 12, 2022
Skeleton Crew, the new play by Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, is taking Broadway by storm at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, where it opened on January 26.

by BroadwayWorld TV - Jan 25, 2022
Manhattan Theatre Club is presenting the Broadway premiere of Skeleton Crew, written by Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The production opens tomorrow, Wednesday, January 26, at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

by Team BWW - Oct 8, 2021
As BroadwayWorld reported last night, last night's performance of Lackawanna Blues was canceled due to a recurrence of an ongoing back injury for star, writer, and director, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, but it is now officially open at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre!

by BroadwayWorld TV - Sep 29, 2021
Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director and Barry Grove, Executive Producer)’s Broadway premiere of Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s Lackawanna Blues, now playing at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). The show will open next Thursday, October 7.

by BroadwayWorld TV - Sep 15, 2021
Manhattan Theatre Club reopened its doors today with the first preview of Ruben Santiago-Hudson's Lackawanna Blues, which reopens MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre!

by Stage Tube - Dec 18, 2020
Viola reveals her favorite Christmas song, and talks about the moment she realized she was going to be an actress, her mom inviting 40 extra people to her wedding, her new movie Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the late great Chadwick Boseman, getting an amazing note and gifts from Oprah, her ten-year-old daughter’s Christmas list, and her husband’s birthday falling on December 24th.

by BroadwayWorld TV - Dec 17, 2020
The genius of August Wilson is brought to the screen this holiday season with Netflix's star-studded adaptation of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Led by Tony, Emmy, and Academy Award winner Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman, the film arrives on December 18.