Alex Newell

Alex Newell is a Tony Award-winner best known for performances in Shucked on Broadway, and in Glee and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.

Alex recently starred in Once on This Island, in concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Alex’s other West End concerts include a solo concert at Cadogan Hall in London, and in Pippin in concert at the London Palladium.

Alex Newell became the first openly nonbinary performer to win a Tony Award in an acting category for their role as Lulu in Shucked, that has just closed on Broadway. Alex stopped the show at every performance with a standing ovation for their act one song, Independently Owned.

Other stage credits include starring as Asaka in the Broadway revival of Once on This Island at the Circle in the Square Theatre.

They are also known for their role as Unique Adams on the TV series Glee and Mo on Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.

Alex has received several award nominations including Critics’ Choice, Gold Derby, Screen Actors Guild, and Hollywood Critics Association. While part of the cast of Once On This Island, Alex earned a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theatre Album and won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, also later receiving a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theatre Album for Shucked.

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