- The Tony Awards were celebrated on June 11
- This year the show was unscripted
- It also made LGBTQ+ history
The event took place amid the ongoing infamous Hollywood writers' strike, and the performers couldn't have been more thrilled themselves. "Thank you for the humanity. Thank you for my incredible company who raised me up every single day," J. Harrison Ghee said.
This year's awards will be hard to top
Ghee won for best leading actor in a musical for their role in 'Some Like It Hot.' Newell took home the award for best featured actor in a musical for their performance in 'Shucked.'
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Sir Ian McKellen Doesn't Want LGBTQ Roles To Be Limited To Gay Actors
"Thank you for seeing me, Broadway. I should not be up here as a queer, nonbinary, fat, Black little baby from Massachusetts," Alex Newell said. "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 [...]"
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