J. Harrison Ghee & Alex Newell made history at the very queer 2023 Tony Awards

J. Harrison Ghee in Some Like It Hot and Alex Newell in Shucked
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J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell made Broadway history on Sunday night, becoming the first openly nonbinary performers to win Tony Awards. Their wins for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical and Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical, respectively, were high points in a ceremony that included plenty of LGBTQ+ inclusion.

Ghee, who won for their lead role in musical adaptation of Some Like It Hot, thanked the show’s company, “who raised me up every single day.” They also dedicated their award to the trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming community. “Whoever was told you couldn’t be, you couldn’t be seen, this is for you,” they said in their acceptance speech.

“Thank you for seeing me, Broadway,” Newell said, accepting their award for their featured role in the new musical Shucked. “I should not be up here as a queer, nonbinary, fat, Black little baby from Massachusetts. And to anyone that thinks that they can’t do it, I’m going to look you dead in your face that you can do anything you put your mind to.”

As the Associated Press notes, Ghee and Newell’s wins in the performance categories follow…

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