{"id":253556,"date":"2026-07-24T23:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/tony-winner-alex-newells-least-favorite-broadway-show-is-one-of-this-years-most-acclaimed-musicals\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T23:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:39:02","slug":"tony-winner-alex-newells-least-favorite-broadway-show-is-one-of-this-years-most-acclaimed-musicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/tony-winner-alex-newells-least-favorite-broadway-show-is-one-of-this-years-most-acclaimed-musicals\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Winner Alex Newell\u2019s Least Favorite Broadway Show is One of This Year\u2019s Most-Acclaimed Musicals"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Alex Newell<\/strong><\/a> is a Tony-winning Broadway favorite and you might be surprised by their choice for “least favorite show.”<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old actor got their start on Glee<\/em>, playing Unique Adams from seasons three through six. They later made their Broadway debut in the musical Once on This Island<\/em> and then won a Tony Award for their performance in the musical Shucked<\/em> back in 2024. After a recent stint as Mama Morton in Chicago<\/em>, Alex<\/strong> is returning to the New York stage in the off-Broadway production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Alex<\/strong> just appeared on the season two premiere of the Drama Club with Matty<\/a><\/em> podcast and was asked to reveal their last favorite show. <\/p>\n

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Alex Newell’s least favorite Broadway show is Ragtime<\/h3>\n

Alex<\/strong> replied, “Mine is Ragtime<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

“Loved the original,” Alex<\/strong> said while praising original cast members Audra McDonald<\/strong><\/a>, Brian Stokes Mitchell<\/strong><\/a>, and the late Marin Mazzie<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alex<\/strong> continued, “Like, you’ll never get that again. Then there was a revival [in 2009] with people that I love. Then there was the one at the Statue of Liberty [in 2016]. I said, ‘Okay, another one.’ He said, ‘Oh, give me your tired, your huddled, your poor.”<\/p>\n

Alex<\/strong> has not seen the 2025 revival of Ragtime<\/em>, which just won four Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical. <\/p>\n

“I haven’t [seen it] and I love everybody in it… let’s just put it in a little box. Let’s be happy it was made. And let’s…” Alex<\/strong> said, before Matty<\/strong> chimed in, “stop revisiting.”<\/p>\n

Alex<\/strong> added, “What are we revisiting? I feel like every time we do the show, no one’s learning from it.”<\/p>\n

Many people were upset this year that Cats: The Jellicle Ball<\/em>, a show that celebrates Black joy, lost the Tony Award to Ragtime<\/em>, a show that deals with Black suffering. <\/p>\n

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