Ali Stroker wins a Tony Award and makes history with her wheelchair trip to the podium
Originally published June 9, 2019 by Los Angeles Times
Ali Stroker accepts her Tony Award for featured actress in a musical. (Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Tony Awards Pro)
Ali Stroker made history by becoming the first actor in a wheelchair to win the Tony Award for featured actress in a musical for her performance as Ado Annie in an edgy revival of “Oklahoma!” Stroker, who has paralysis stemming from injuries she sustained in a car accident when she was 2, previously made history as the first Broadway actor who uses a wheelchair in a 2015 run of the musical “Spring Awakening.”
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