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Brucehs (talk·contribs) This user has declared a connection. (Was taught by person.)
I have a COI with the subject. He was one of my professors in graduate school. I graduated in 2010 and, while we have remained friendly since then, I believe I have been able to remain objective enough. I was moved to write this article when I happened on the African-American Tony nominees and winners page and noticed Hughes was one of the only individuals to not have a page. Given where our country is right now, I think it's important to create pages for people of color who are already notable enough to be referenced.
I've added additional sources to support WP:NBIO and WP:SIGCOV. I feel the lifetime achievement award especially favors WP:NBIO, as it's awarded by the American Theatre Wing (the Tony Awards organization) and the only two other recipients, Ming Cho Lee and Jane Greenwood, both have articles. The American Theatre profile also provides some significant points in favor:
"Fichandler, also a cherished Hughes collaborator, started a fellowship program at Arena Stage and named it after Hughes. Arena’s program, founded in 1990, was created to increase diversity in theatre by helping to develop the next generation of theatre professionals of color."
"For the man who has been the lighting designer for 10 Broadway shows—including the original Once on this Island, which earned him one of three Tony nominations—he mentions two things that keep the fire alive for him as he prepares to take another show to Broadway." (This is now slightly out of date. Hughes has designed 12 Broadway shows and has four Tony nominations.[1] The most recent Tony nomination is from this season and has not been awarded to anyone yet).
