Blaque/OUT’s Victoria Von Blaque caught up with Qween Jean at the NYC Mayor’s Office Pride Party this week as she celebrated both Pride and her historic Tony win for musical costuming design on Broadway’s “Cats: The Jellicle Ball.” Qween Jean becomes the first openly transgender person to win a Tony.

Around an hour and twenty-five minutes into the live-streamed program, the atmosphere shifted. A visibly hurt and frustrated Doroshow announced that despite what she had been told and what she had paid for, she had been informed that they would not be receiving their full time and the program would be cut short. Mariah Moore was the next to speak, and although forced into brevity, started with,

“How cliche, we are here celebrating someone who lived such a full life and we are told that we have limited time.”