Shucked's Alex Newell On Their Trailblazing Path to the Tony Awards
Alex Newell made history this past weekend as the first-ever openly nonbinary actor to win a Tony Award, taking home the trophy for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for their turn as Lulu in Shucked. In a special Tony Awards episode of The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal, Newell sat down with Paul Wontorek to discuss their journey in the industry and what it means for aspiring actors everywhere. Newell's path to…