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Rosie O’Donnell to be honored at Tony Awards

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Rosie O’Donnell, who has hosted several Tony Award telecasts but never received one, will be getting a Tony of her own on June 8.

Rosie has been selected as the recipient of a special Tony Award for her commitment to helping provide arts education to students in New York City public schools.

She will be presented with the Isabelle Stevenson Award which each year goes to a theater community member for their humanitarian, social service or charitable contributions.

The former co-host of The View is the founder of the nonprofit arts education foundation called Rosie’s Theater Kids. It provides students with training in dance, music and drama as well as mentoring programs and exposure to professional theater.

‘Rosie exemplifies the spirit and the generosity of the Broadway community through her “pay it forward” mentality within the arts community and beyond,’ Charlotte St. Martin, executive director of The Broadway League and Heather Hitchens, executive director of the American Theatre, said in a joint statement.

In addition to hosting the Tonys three times, Rosie has graced the Broadway stage as a performer on several occasions including in productions of Grease, Seussical, and Fiddler on the Roof.
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