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Transgender Performers on Broadway

pollster2
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Transgender Performers on Broadway#1
Posted: 3/19/20 at 1:31pm

I couldn't find a thread on this but I was curious if Broadway is ahead of other industries in terms of employing transgender artists. I could only think of three offhand: Peppermint, Kate Bornstein, and M. Collins Connley.

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Transgender Performers on Broadway#2
Posted: 3/19/20 at 1:50pm
Alexandra Billings was playing Madam Morrible in Wicked before the shutdown. And Ezra Menas was in the ensemble and understudy for Jo in Jagged Little Pill.

And M.J. Rodriguez played Angel in the off-Broadway production of Rent. I hope she makes her Broadway debut someday.
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Transgender Performers on Broadway#3
Posted: 3/19/20 at 1:57pm

Mars Rucker - Tina the Musical

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Transgender Performers on Broadway#4
Posted: 3/19/20 at 4:14pm

BCfitasafiddle said: "Mars Rucker - Tina the Musical"

Mars is non binary. I don't think they are trans.

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Transgender Performers on Broadway#5
Posted: 3/19/20 at 4:17pm
Collins Conley? Where in the world did you get that notion from?
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Transgender Performers on Broadway#6
Posted: 3/19/20 at 5:52pm
Ezra is also non/binary, I believe.

In terms of Broadway, the first trans actress in a straight play was Alexandra Billings in THE NAP in 2018, slightly preceded by Peppermint, the first transgender actress in a musical.

Kate Bornstein falls in the identity of “gender non/conforming” though they did have a transitional operation.
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Transgender Performers on Broadway#7
Posted: 3/19/20 at 5:59pm

treblemakerz said: "Collins Conley? Where in the world did you get that notion from?"

I was also confused about that one.

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Transgender Performers on Broadway#8
Posted: 3/19/20 at 6:23pm

quizking101 said: "Ezra is also non/binary, I believe."

I think you are right. On their Instagram profile, it does say trans + non-binary. 

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Transgender Performers on Broadway#9
Posted: 3/19/20 at 10:48pm

In the original Broadway cast of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," Jess Barbagallo played the role of Yann and for the third year, Jax Jackson takes over the role of Yann. 

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Transgender Performers on Broadway#10
Posted: 3/19/20 at 10:53pm
Ezra is indeed also non binary. Kei Tsuruharatani in Jagged Little Pill is also non binary .
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Transgender Performers on Broadway#11
Posted: 3/20/20 at 2:19am

mailhandler777 said: "Ezra is indeed also non binary. Kei Tsuruharatani in Jagged Little Pill is also non binary ."

As is nora schell I believe who is also in the ensemble.

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Transgender Performers on Broadway#12
Posted: 3/20/20 at 9:45am

Marianne2 said: "Alexandra Billings was playing Madam Morrible in Wicked before the shutdown. And Ezra Menas was in the ensemble and understudy for Jo in Jagged Little Pill.

And M.J. Rodriguez played Angel in the off-Broadway production of Rent. I hope she makes her Broadway debut someday.
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I don't recall MJ being openly trans at the time, but I could be wrong. That said, I'd love to see her on Broadway, or just on any stage, soon. 



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Transgender Performers on Broadway#13
Posted: 3/20/20 at 10:04pm
Is M. Collins Conley the one that plays "Sexy Corn"?
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Transgender Performers on Broadway#14
Posted: 3/21/20 at 12:40am

MadAboutTheBoy said: "Is M. Collins Conley the one that plays "Sexy Corn"?"

This made me LOL. Yes she is Sexy Corn. Not sure where the OP got the idea she is trans but she is not. 

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Updated On: 3/21/20 at 12:40 AM
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Transgender Performers on Broadway#15
Posted: 3/21/20 at 1:51am

sorano916 said: "In the original Broadway cast of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,"Jess Barbagallo played the role of Yann and for the third year, Jax Jackson takes over the role of Yann."

Was this posted on the wrong thread?

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Transgender Performers on Broadway#16
Posted: 3/21/20 at 2:54am

OKBroadwayFan said: "sorano916 said: "In the original Broadway cast of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,"Jess Barbagallo played the role of Yann and for the third year, Jax Jackson takes over the role of Yann."

Was this posted on the wrong thread?
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Why would this be the wrong thread? Nothing that sorano916 said was inaccurate or off topic.