About this Artist

Alex Newell recently made history with their Tony Award win for the hit musical Shucked. They are a Drama Desk Award winner and a recipient of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical. Newell starred as the god Asaka in the 2018 Broadway revival of Once on This Island. This show earned Newell a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theater Album, and the show won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.