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11.06.2023 - 14:53 / usmagazine.com
History in the making! J. Harrison Ghee received their first Tony Award nomination in May 2023, marking the first time a nonbinary actor earned such an honor.
The American Theatre Wing, which hosts the annual Tony Awards ceremony, announced in May 2023 that Ghee was up for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for their role of Jerry/Daphne in Some Like It Hot. The North Carolina native — who uses he/they pronouns — is competing against costar Christian Borle, Josh Groban, Brian D’Arcy James, Ben Platt and Colton Ryan. The ceremony airs live on June 11, 2023, via CBS.
“It’s such an honor. I just continue to live in the four-fold way of living. I show up, tell my truth in present and I’m not attached to the outcome,” Ghee gushed to The Hollywood Reporter after nominations were announced. “So I’m just honored that the work is speaking for itself and I’m so proud of the special show we’ve got going on at the Shubert [Theater].”
The Raising Dion alum is not the only history-making 2023 Tony Award nominee. Glee alum Alex Newell, who also identifies as nonbinary, earned a nod for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for their role in Shucked. Newell, who is gender nonconforming, portrays whisky distiller Lulu in the cornfed musical.
Ghee’s Some Like It Hot role also breaks boundaries. The musical — written by Red, White & Royal Blue director Matthew López and comedian Amber Ruffin and inspired by the 1959 film of the same name — is set during Prohibition in Chicago when two musicians (Ghee and Borle) are forced to flee town after witnessing a mob hit. With gangsters on the heels, the two pals go undercover in drag, which Ghee’s Jerry really enjoys.
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J. Harrison Ghee is continuing to make history at the 2023 Tony Awards!
2023 Tony Awards, J. Harrison Ghee took home the prize for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, becoming the first nonbinary performer to win the category.Their win also follows Alex Newell's win in the featured acting category earlier in the ceremony, with the two breaking the glass for LGBTQ performers at the annual Broadway celebration.
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