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Broadway's Alex Newell 'Could Not Stop Sweating' After Historic Tony Win
Alex Newell opened up to Us about the 'Pippin' 50th anniversary concert special, winning their first Tony Award and more
“I also was supposed to go to the press room and never made it because my show [ Shucked] was performing right after I won the Tony,” the actor — who previously starred as Unique Adams on Glee — recalled to Us. Theo Wargo/Getty ImagesFellow Broadway star J. Harrison Ghee also broke new ground at the 2023 Tonys as the first nonbinary winner of Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for Some Like It Hot. Pamela Raith Photography“It was a labor of love,” Newell told Us, noting that they were working on the movie Another Simple Favor(the sequel to the Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick film) in Italy while rehearsing for the concert.
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