L Morgan Lee

L Morgan Lee is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the 2022 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in A Strange Loop on Broadway, making history as the first openly transgender actor to be nominated for a Tony Award.[1][2]

L Morgan Lee
Lee at Paper_(magazine) event in Nov 2022.
EducationUniversity of the Arts (BFA)
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Websitelmorganlee.com

Early life

Lee grew up in suburban Maryland.[3] She began performing in her early childhood by singing in her nursery school's talent show.[4] She began studying voice at 14 at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. At 17, she was a Top 10 Finalist for Wolf Trap's Catherine Filene Shouse Award for Classical Voice. She went on to study musical theater at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.[4]

Career

Shortly after graduating from UArts, Lee moved to New York City and was quickly cast in a National tour. Next, she danced her way through Europe in a tour of Jesus Christ Superstar directed and choreographed by Baayork Lee. She went on to do a number of off-Broadway, Regional shows, and tours. It was through a Facebook exchange in 2015 that Lee was invited to do a reading of A Strange Loop at the Musical Theatre Factory in New York City.[3] She continued with the show through its 2019 World Premiere off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons where she won an Obie Award and received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.

In 2021, Lee traveled to the UK to play artist Lili Elbe in a musical adaptation of The Danish Girl being developed in London.

Lee made her Broadway debut in 2022 when A Strange Loop transferred to the Lyceum Theater. The show received rave reviews and went on to win the Tony Award for Best Musical. For her performance as Thought 1, Lee was nominated for her first Tony Award.[5]

Discography

Cast & Concept recordings
  • A Strange Loop – Original Cast Recording (2019)
  • Soft Butter: A Trans Fantasia – Concept Recording (2019)
  • A Strange Loop – Original Broadway Cast (2022)

Collaborative projects
  • The Broadway Rainbow Lullaby Album (2021)
  • Album (Joe Iconis) (2022)
  • Her Sound: Volume 3 (2022)

Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryShowResult
2020 Lucille Lortel Awards Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical A Strange Loop Nominated
Obie Award Special Citation Won
Antonyo Awards Best Featured Performance in a Musical, Off-Broadway Nominated
2022 Tony Award Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated
Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nominated
Antonyo Awards Best Featured Performance in a Musical, Broadway Won
Singnasium Trailblazer Award Won

References
  1. "L Morgan Lee on making Broadway history: 'I could not stop crying'". The Guardian. June 1, 2022. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  2. Stevens, Matt (May 9, 2022). "'Know that it's possible': L Morgan Lee on her trailblazing Tony nomination". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  3. "'A Strange Loop' breakout star L Morgan Lee makes Tonys history as first openly transgender actress to be nominated". New York Daily News. June 6, 2022. Archived from the original on September 10, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  4. "L Morgan Lee on making Broadway history: 'I could not stop crying'". the Guardian. June 1, 2022. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  5. Culwell-Block, Logan (May 9, 2022). "A Strange Loop's L Morgan Lee Becomes the First Openly Trans Tony-Nominated Performer". Playbill. Archived from the original on September 10, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
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