J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell make history as first openly nonbinary winners of Tonys for acting
By MARK KENNEDY (AP Entertainment Writer)
NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Awards history was made Sunday when Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee became the first nonbinary people to win Tonys for acting as the Broadway community seized the moment amid a Hollywood writers’ strike that left theater’s biggest night without a script.
“Thank you for the humanity. Thank you for my incredible company who raised me up every single day,” said leading actor in a musical winner Ghee, who stars in “Some Like It Hot,” the adaptation of the classic cross-dressing comedy film.
The soulful Ghee stunned audiences with their...