<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[WIT journal  ]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://witonline.org]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[LPTWAdmin]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://witonline.org/author/witonline/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Baayork Lee on Making&nbsp;History]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align:center;">On February 12th, Ms. Lee was the subject of the League of Professional Theatre Women&#8217;s Oral History at  the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.  Robert Viagas conducted the interview.<br />
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<p><b>Baayork Lee</b> has performed in over a dozen Broadway shows. For the original production of <i>A Chorus Line, </i>she created the role of Connie<i>, </i>while serving as Assistant Choreographer to Michael Bennett. A founder of NAAP (National Asian Artists Project,) in 2017 she won the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award. She has directed and choreographed multiple national and international companies.</p>
<h2 style="padding-left:30px;"><b>On working with Michael Bennet: </b></h2>
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<h2 style="padding-left:30px;"><b>&#8220;Michael was ahead of his time. He said, &#8216;I want to do a show about dancers.&#8217; We didn&#8217;t ask him, &#8216;Why?&#8217; We just did it&#8230;.He told us we were creating history. Here I am, forty-<span class="aBn"><span class="aQJ">three years later</span></span> saying, &#8216;Oh yes, Michael.'&#8221;</b></h2>
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<h3 style="text-align:justify;">LEARN MORE ABOUT BAAYORK LEE IN AN INTERVIEW WITH FRANCES McGARRY:     <a href="https://firstonlinewithfran.com/2018/02/19/baayork-lee-bring-it-on/">Baayork Lee: Bring It ON!</a></h3>
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