One morning in early May, J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell made history as the first nonbinary-identifying actors to be nominated for Tony Awards. The night before the nominations were announced was the first time that either performer had attended the Met Gala—or, as Newell calls it, “our Tony nominee party.” A couple weeks later, the pair met with TIME together in a Midtown café close to both of their theaters to discuss the nominations, Ghee for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for their role as Jerry/Daphne in Some Like It Hot and Newell for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for their role as Lulu in Shucked. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Neither are newcomers to Broadway.