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Hi, I'm Elle Morgan Lee and I am nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for A Strange Lute
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It is Tony Day! How excited are you? I am over the moon and still in disbelief
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How does it feel to be the first trans actor nominated for a Tony ever? What does that mean to you
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Gosh, I am still trying to wrap my feet around even getting to be on Broadway
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So to have this new layer added is bringing up things that I..
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It has cracked a glass ceiling, but even for my expectations. So I am moved and excited and thrilled and scared and I feel the responsibility of that
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But it also really signals the hope that growth can come. And that is growth, but it signals that it is possible
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But people see themselves now. They're coming to a show, coming for the very first time
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They say, oh my gosh, I see myself. What that means to you
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Yeah, I mean it means everything to me. It's the reason I do what I do
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I want for some kid, for some young person, or I've been..
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Even when I've said that before, I've heard people be like, or older people. There are people who, you know, I have one of my guests who opening night is a trans woman of a certain age
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from out of state that, you know, used to be in the city
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And like the fact that she was able to come and see my opening meant something to her
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It meant something to me to have her there. It's like generations of people who have been trying hard to get through
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So having one or two or three get a chance is a big deal
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You're wearing your Tony pin. Is it cool? I am. I didn't even realize that there would be a Tony pin, so it feels very official
