Best Of: Broadway legend André De Shields / Apache Chef Nephi Craig
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He won a Tony for his performance in Hades Town and co-stars in the new film of the revival. He made his Broadway debut in the title role of the 1975 original Broadway production of The Whiz. De Shields describes himself as afroqueer, a longtime HIV survivor, and unreformed hippie. He's always gone his own way in how he thinks, speaks, dresses, and moves. I don't rush anywhere.
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