Tony nominee Emilio Sosa on designing costumes for Broadway's Afro Latino community.
Emilio Sosa, a double nominee for best costume design of a play at the 76th annual Tony Awards, has had a prolific career designing costumes for Broadway shows, Diana Ross, Mariah Carey, and the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes. Sosa, who was born in the Dominican Republic, has long been inspired by his Afro Latino roots and the use of color in his culture. He is optimistic about the future of the theater world and hopes for more diversity in producers, writers, and audiences. The Tony Awards will be held in Washington Heights for the first time, a predominantly Latino neighborhood that inspired the musical "In the Heights."