Their win also follows Alex Newell's win earlier in the ceremony --with the two breaking the glass for LGBTQ+ performers at the annual Broadway celebration.
On a historic night for the, J. Harrison Ghee took home the prize for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, becoming the first nonbinary performer to win the category.
"My mother raised me to understand that my gifts that god gave me were not about me. To use them to be effective in the world, to help somebody else's journey," Ghee said during the 76th annual awards show, which took place live at the United Palace Theatre in New York City.
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