Who Is J. Harrison Ghee? 5 Things to Know About the History-Making Tony Award Nominee
usmagazine.comHistory 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.
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