Out actress
Cherry Jones, who won the 2005 Tony award for Best Actress
in a Play for her work in John Patrick
Shanley's Broadway hit, Doubt, is joining a
24-city national tour of the play starting in
September, reports Playbill.com. Reprising her role as
Sister Aloysius, a strong-minded nun who agonizes over
whether to air her suspicions of sexual abuse at a
Bronx Catholic School circa 1964, Jones will play the
first six months of the tour.
When Jones won
her first Tony award in 1995 (for her work in The
Heiress), she thanked her longtime partner, Mary
O'Connor, during her acceptance speech, becoming the
first out lesbian actress to win a Tony. She was
honored in 2004 with GLAAD's Vito Russo Award,
named after the author of The Celluloid Closet
and presented to an out gay or lesbian entertainer who
has furthered LGBT visibility. (Advocate.com)
