A shocked Rebecca Taichman accepted the Tony for direction of a play for "Indecent," making her one of only a few women to win in that category. Attempting to gather her wits, Taichman made it clear that playwright Paula Vogel's story of defiance in the face of censorship spoke to the importance of social justice in an unjust world. Later in the evening while answering reporters' questions backstage, Taichman talked about the scarcity of women to win a Tony for directing. I remember with great clarity in 1998 when Julie Taymor and Garry Hynes won and I thought, ‘Wow, women can win'," she said. "It made it visible, and making it visible suddenly made it possible.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 12, 2017 02:12 UTC