I’ve been a big fan of John Benjamin Hickey ever since he starred in the late, great ABC comedy It’s All Relative as one half of a gay couple. (His husband was played by Christopher Sieber!).

So how great to see this busy actor (he’s currently co-starring on TV’s The Big C) win the Tony Award last night for best featured actor in a play for her performance in The Normal Heart. He plays Felix Turner,whose battle with AIDS is the central emotional event in Larry Kramer’s play.

He said being in the play “has been the greatest privilege and proudest moment in my career” and paid tribute to Kramer who he called “the great badass of the American theater.”

Here is a backstage interview the actor did last night:

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