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How Daryl Roth of 'Kinky Boots' Became The Biggest Force on Broadway

JL;DR SUMMARY Daryl Roth is a trailblazing theater producer recognized for her contributions to Broadway, with numerous accolades like a Tony for 'Kinky Boots.' A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityIdentity PoliticsBroadwayCultural InfluenceJohn GrishamTony AwardsTheater ProductionRace And JusticeDaryl RothKinky Boots

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New York City, New York, United States
"Simi Horwitz is a feature writer and film reviewer based in New York City."
Wayne, New Jersey, United States
"She grew up in Wayne, N.J. where, she said, she was the only Jew and very much felt like the outsider."
Mississippi, United States
"it is a courtroom drama set in a Mississippi town in the 1980s and tells the story of a black man who murders the two white rednecks who raped and beat his young daughter."

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