Tag: tony awards

At the actual Tony Awards ceremony, Ashmanskas was very glad to find his old friend Robert Sean Leonard reading the announcements for his category. “I breathed a sigh of relief because I knew he’d pronounce my last name correctly!” For the record, the name is Lithuanian and the actor has never considered changing. “Oh, the topic came up once with an agency that I was free-lancing with. They suggested that I change it to something easier to pronounce. I replied, ‘I don’t think "Brooks” is that difficult.’ That ended that.