WGA Doesn’t Want Tony-Nominated Guild Members to Attend Awards

Nominees can instead pre-record an acceptance speech or send someone else to accept their award, in case they win, the union said.

Tony-nominated members of the Writers Guild of America have been urged to ditch the awards ceremony on June 11 in solidarity with the strike,reported.

In case they secure a win, the nominees can instead pre-record an acceptance speech or have a non-member take the stage to accept the award in their absence, according to a recent email from the WGA. After a back and forth between the WGA and the Tony Awards for requests to air the show on CBS, the union

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