SOME LIKE IT HOT'S J. Harrison Ghee Wins Tony for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
They’re the Tip Tap Top! J. Harrison Ghee has won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for their outstanding performance as Jerry/Daphne in Some Like It Hot. Ghee was crowned at the 2023 Tony Awards on the stage of the United Palace. Ghee beat out fellow nominees Christian Borle also from Some Like It Hot, Josh Groban for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Brian d’Arcy James for Into the Woods, Ben Platt for Parade, and Colton Ryan for New York, New York.
J. Harrison Ghee made their Broadway debut in Kinky Boots, and later appeared in Mrs. Doubtfire. This is their first Tony Award nomination and win! Select film and television credits include High Maintenance, Raising Dion, and Accused.
Set in Chicago when Prohibition has everyone thirsty for a little excitement, Some Like It Hot is the story of two musicians forced to flee the Windy City after witnessing a mob hit. With gangsters hot on their heels, they catch a cross-country train for the life-chasing, life-changing trip of a lifetime. All aboard Broadway’s great big musical comedy!
