| re: Why was Victor/Victoria "egregiously overlooked" | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 01:17 pm EDT 07/15/22 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 01:02 pm EDT 07/15/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Why was Victor/Victoria "egregiously overlooked" - Michael_212 10:07 am EDT 07/15/22 | |
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| Michael212, I pretty much agree 100% with your assessment. The Tonys want to be seen as promoting the ''artistic,'' more progressive shows. ''Victor/Victoria,'' which ran for 734 performances, deserved better from the Tony nominators, who nominated it only for Julie Andrews. In my book, it was an entertaining show that should've been also up for Featured Actress (Rachel York), Robin Wagner's sets and Willa Kim's costumes, to name but a few. In fact, Andrews and York won the Drama Desk Awards that year, and the Outer Critics Circle named ''Victor/Victoria'' the Outstanding Broadway Musical. (''Rent'' and ''Bring in da' Funk'' competed in OCC's Off-Broadway musical category.) In another season, ''Victor/Victoria'' would've gotten more Tony recognition, but next to ''Rent'' and ''Bring in da' Funk,'' the Tony nominators apparently found it too old-fashioned and traditional. So the Tonys gave a big thumb's-down to ''Victor/Victoria'' AND ''Big: The Musical'' as being too commercial and mainstream. Plus, egads, they were musical adaptations of hit movies. But in order to snub ''Victor/Victoria'' and ''Big'' in Best Musical, the nominators had to reach back to name two flops that closed earlier that season: ''Chronicle of a Death Foretold,'' a blah dance piece from Lincoln Center (37 performances), and ''Swinging on a Star,'' a bland cabaret revue (97 performances). Talk about adding insult to injury. I give Andrews kudos for courageously sticking up for her ''egregiously overlooked'' cast and creative team. But part of me wishes she'd stayed silent, won her deserved Tony, and then spoke out for ''Victor/Victoria'' on the Tony telecast. It's ridiculous to me that the legendary actress who originated the roles of Eliza in ''My Fair Lady'' and Guinevere in ''Camelot,'' decades later, still doesn't have a lifetime achievement Tony. She's 86. Happily, she's still healthy enough to accept it onstage. What are the Tonys waiting for? The 2023 Tonys probably will include the revival of ''Camelot.'' It'll have been 60 years since the original production closed on Broadway (in 1963). In 20j24, that'll be the 70th anniversary of Andrews' Broadway debut in ''The Boyfriend'' in 1954. Come on, Tonys, ''move your bloomin' arse'' and give Julie, the original leading ''Lady,'' her due. Wouldn't THAT be loverly? |
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