Tony nominees J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell make history

Newell, left, is nominated for Shucked, Ghee for Some Like It Hot

- LAURA ZORNOSA

You're the first out nonbinary acting nominees in Tony history. The Tonys currently separate categories by gender. What would change look like for you?

Newell: The change itself is extremely hard to make. If we talk about why the categories were separated at the beginning, it was to give other people than cis white men awards. We did take gender off of some awards in the U.K., and the only thing that won was cis white men. It's a deeper conversation. I think it's adding a category, widening the horizon of the category.

You both grew up in the church. How did that shape you?