DuPont, 30, has been nominated for a Chita Rivera Award and a Tony Award this season for his work on “Paradise Square,” with Variety cheering his “earthy, sometimes modern, style that leads from the center” and The Wall Street Journal saying he made “a strong impression.” DuPont is nominated for best performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical. Of course, the rest of the world is catching up with Rivera. Rivera asked him his name and said: “I’m so glad to get to know it before the rest of the world does.” I don’t think I washed my face for the next two days,” says DuPont. “It was one of the best experiences of my life. Off came her shoes and out came her hand - all out of love. Rivera was so taken by the performance that she had tears in her eyes and her astonished reaction almost looked like fury.
