Julie Andrews Rejects Tony Nomination (1996)
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2020
- "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being such a wonderful audience this afternoon. If I may take just a moment of your time, I would like to share something with you.
"The 1996 Tony Award nominations were announced on Monday [May 6], and I applaud all my fellow nominees and send them many congratulations.
"However, flattered as I am, and honored to be also nominated, I have to say how deeply sad I am to be the only nominee in this extraordinarily gifted company.
"Victor/Victoria is a collaboration between designers, choreographer, director, cast and crew. An extremely happy and successful collaboration which makes it especially sad that so many of my colleagues have been ignored by this year's nominating process. I could not have done this alone.
"I have searched my conscience and my heart and find that I cannot accept this nomination, and prefer to stand instead with the egregiously overlooked Tony Roberts; Michael Nouri; Rachel York; Greg Jbara; Robin Wagner, who designed our sets; Willa Kim, who gave us our costumes; Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, for our lighting; Rob Marshall, our choreographer; [composer] Henry Mancini; [lyricist] Leslie Bricusse; [co-composer] Frank Wildhorn; [director/librettist] Blake Edwards [who is also Andrews' husband]; our producers and 75 other members of the Victor/Victoria family. "We stand together in celebration of our show and of audiences like you who stand for us. Thank you."
- Julie Andrews', May 09, 1996
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"Julie Andrews's Star Turn" May 9, 1996
Julie Andrews, the star of "Victor/Victoria," is rejecting her Tony nomination for best female performance in a Broadway musical. Ms. Andrews is angry that her show did not get any other nominations and was passed over for best musical in favor of long-closed, long-forgotten productions like "Chronicle of a Death Foretold." Producers of the televised Tony Awards show are horrified. The popular Ms. Andrews was supposed to be their star.
High-profile entertainment awards do not constitute an objective quality rating; the world understands that "Braveheart" was not really the finest movie made on the planet last year. But only 30-odd shows are eligible for the Tony awards, so not being nominated is like being excluded from the class party in a school with only three dozen pupils.
Theater-lovers can celebrate that Broadway is hearty enough this year to support such an interesting, media-intense controversy, and that it has created enough decent shows to permit some snubbing. Last year "Sunset Boulevard" was unopposed in several categories. Ms. Andrews's own nomination might be taken as a particular tribute, since the Tony nominating committee seemed to be suggesting that without her considerable talents, "Victor/ Victoria" would have closed faster than "Chronicle of a Death Foretold."
The 14-person nominating committee, whose members have distinguished theatrical resumes and a willingness to attend more than 30 Broadway openings every year, is not known for its unorthodox taste in entertainment. But it did seem to be declaring war on the kind of musical "Victor/Victoria" represents -- unadventurous remakes of popular motion pictures. What the committee favors, reasonably enough, are shows like "Rent" and "Bring In da Noise" -- ambitious productions by young artists with an urban flair.
In a gracious speech after her matinee performance yesterday, Ms. Andrews said she preferred to sit the Tonys out along with her "egregiously overlooked" fellow cast members. We hope she changes her mind, claims what looks like her inevitable best-actress award, and uses the opportunity to give the nominating committee a piece of her mind. It would make for great theater.
Source: www.nytimes.com/1996/05/09/op...
Julie Andrews has been nominated for a Tony 3 times.
As lead actress in My Fair Lady and Camelot and Victor/ Victoria.
She didn’t win the first 2 and refused the last nomination. So it looks like she’ll never receive the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) status.
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This shouldn't effect her getting a lifetime achievement Tony Award. Julie Andrews is a living legend
This truly shows that Julie is a Team Player!!! She LOVES everyone she works with. Brava Julie!!!
In the incredible career of Julie Andrews, this is one of my favorite Julie Andrews moments. I so agree with her. For VICTOR/VICTORIA not to have received any more Tony nominations was ridiculous. Rachel York certainly should have been nominated as best supporting actress as well as the design team. VICTOR/VICTORI'S set and costumes were phenomenal. I saw the show three times and loved it each time a little bit more. When you watch her entire speech, you see how gracious she was to the Tony committee. Thank you for letting us see the entire speech.
For me, beyond the real cause of fairness of awards and commendation that Julie stood for regarding Victor Victoria, was the very act of her standing so tall, with such strength, and against the tide, for something she so strongly believed in... this is where the real beauty of her act shines the brightest, as it is a gift accompanying Julie on her journey in life, always primed to be heard, as necessary.
How lovely and considerate. 😍 💓 She is amazing!
Pure class.
class act always.
what class and integrity eh?
Class the woman is pure Class
Love Julie Andrews
Love it thanks
Pure class of course. But had she not done this and would have won, she would have the EGOT.
She is so awesome!!!!!!
my new favorite word is egregiously. Can you guess why? 😂🤣😎😍🥰
It took a great deal of courage for J.A. to turn down the Tony nomination.
.!!!BRAVO !!!NOVICIA RENELDE!!!!
Do you have the final curtain call of julie on the show?
Nope. Sorry.
Thank you anywayss
, i want to see chris plummer on Victor/victoria singing edelweiss
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1:54 aint he just full of shit.
Popularity does not mean quality.
02:20 Nor is the opinion of the 14 "deciders" relevant as to what is quality.
OK look, I love her. Always have, always will. I saw the show, she was great , the show … not so much. I think she did a disservice to the whole Tony Awards process and the show Victor Victoria itself by refusing the nomination : although I suppose in so doing, she garnered even more attention for the show!
If everyone who is nominated refused it because the show they are in is not nominated, it would be ridiculous. Take your nomination and represent your show and your colleagues, then give your thoughts during an acceptance speech. Very silly to say no thank you. You think if another primary cast member was nominated they would turn it down? Um, no. That's life Mary Poppins. Try a spoon full of sugar.
That's her choice but I don't agree with it. The 14 people just didn't think there was anything extraordinary about the rest of the show. I think that's totally okay. Not the end of the world either way. I know this opinion will ruffle feathers on this channel (which is one of my favorites) but that IS my opinion, just like the 14 people had theirs, and Julie has every right to accept or decline whatever she wants.
They can choose, she can choose too. Simple
Weird decision. Without doubt there have been (and are and always will be) cases / years where nominations as well as wins have been / are / will be questionable. But if the artists get to decide for themselves who should and shouldn't be nominated, the whole award circus becomes absurd.