| Alex Newell in OOTI...curious, yet sensitive questions | |
| Posted by: Oldvirgil1 12:31 am EST 01/09/18 | |
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| So....let me preface this post and say that I HAVEN'T seen OOTI, nor do I personally know Alex Newell. OOTI and it's actors have been getting a lot of buzz for the performances delivered 8 times a week at Circle. And I've been thinking about something for a while now with already seeing award season predictions and buzz: 1. I can only think of ONE other time that a revival had the same role played by an opposite gender (This revival has Newell and Dandridge playing roles previously performed by a different gender....as did 2013's Patina Miller in Pippin). Question: Aside from Newell, Dandridge, and Miller, has this happened before? If so, when? 2. Something a little more touchy, with which I'm trying to be sensitive: I recently read an interview that New York Theatre Guide did with Alex in which he talked briefly about the gender-fluidity of his and Mere's roles, specifically how we necessarily don't know if God/Gods have gender, or what that even means. This leads me to.... Should Alex's performance be worthy of a nomination and/or award this season (as I'm sure it is), will it be a Featured Actress or Featured Actor nomination? Assuming that most of Alex's interviews say "He", I assume it will be "Best Featured Actor". I assume interviewers would ask which pronoun Alex prefers. But...does it matter? I do not know Alex, and I'm not delving into his life, AND I'm not even asking for an answer to THAT question. BUT this does bring a more important question to mind: Is this something that the Tony Nomination committee would discuss? Is this something they HAVE discussed? Don't they usually only specifically discuss Lead roles and just lump everything else as "according to billing". With the increasing presence of the LGBT+ community on Off-Broadway and Broadway stages, how/where/in what ways do we give our non-binary gender performers comfort and correct recognition? We have always recognized performers based off of their gender perceived, but what if what we perceive is incorrect? Thanks for input and answers |
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