Anika Noni Rose's Tony Speech Transcript
Anika Noni Rose's Tony Speech Transcript
#1Anika Noni Rose's Tony Speech Transcript
Posted: 7/5/07 at 6:52pm
I have only been able to see snippets of the '04 Tony ceremony but I can't seem to find a clip or a transcript of Anika Noni Rose's acceptance speech. Does anyone know if there's a way to access the '04 transcripts on the Tony site? (I can only find transcripts for the most recent ceremony) Or if anyone recorded the show and could quote what she said I would really appreciate it. Thank you 
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Posted: 7/5/07 at 6:55pmThat picture makes me want to hug her.
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Posted: 7/5/07 at 7:02pmWas she favored to win?
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Posted: 7/5/07 at 7:06pmWho were the noms?
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Posted: 7/5/07 at 7:06pm
Winner - Anika Noni Rose, Caroline, or Change
Nominees:
Beth Fowler, The Boy from Oz
Isabel Keating, The Boy from Oz
Jennifer Westfeldt, Wonderful Town
Karen Ziemba, Never Gonna Dance
For future reference: http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/pastwinners/index.html
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Posted: 7/5/07 at 7:07pmMy God she is adorable.
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
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Posted: 7/5/07 at 7:21pm
I was reading through some old threads from around the time the nominations were about to be announced and very few people on here even had her on the list of possible nominees.
I think once she was nominated though, she became a favorite. I can't get enough of her in the CAROLINE, OR CHANGE cast recording, she is a perfect counter-point to Pinkins' Caroline. Tonya Pinkins said in an interview that she sees Emmie as an improved version of Caroline, and I think Anika truly captured this, particularly her strength in her confrontation with Mr.Stopnick and her own mother. I'd have given her the Tony for the Epilogue alone though:
And I said: "statue, statue, you are through." Statue answer: "well who are YOU" I said: "evil you have to go," evil answer: "who say so?" I said: "Emmie, EMMIE THIBODEAUX!"
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Posted: 7/5/07 at 8:09pmoh my, just thinking about her performance gives me chills. She was BRILLIANT, as was Pinkins. CoC is a brilliant, wonderful show...it should NOT be closed
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Posted: 7/6/07 at 1:24am
Bump
Anyone?
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Posted: 7/6/07 at 10:29am
Her acknowledgement of her husband in the audience was touching.
Updated On: 7/6/07 at 10:29 AM
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#12re: Anika Noni Rose's Tony Speech Transcript
Posted: 7/6/07 at 12:14pmI think I have a tape of it for that year, but, if I do, it would be in another state in storage right now. Do you need it by a certain time?
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Posted: 7/6/07 at 1:07pmI don't have her speech for you, ray, but I do remember that she wasn't the runaway favorite to win. Many people were banking on Isabel Keating's performance as Judy Garland in The Boy From Oz, as I recall.
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Posted: 7/6/07 at 1:10pm
"I have the entire Tony Awards show from that night. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to upload her acceptance speech on YouTube.com nor transcribe it for you."
^...and the point of the was?
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
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Posted: 7/6/07 at 1:20pmlove her! She was so adorable in "Dreamgirls" as well!
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Posted: 7/6/07 at 3:32pm
Here’s my best effort at a transcript. No promises that it’s exact or that I transcribed all the names correctly.
"Thank you...Shondra Wilson told me to write a speech--I didn’t do it. My middle name “Noni” means “Gift from God,” and I just want to thank God so much for the gifts I have been given: my voice; this cast of this amazing, amazing show; this opportunity to be here today; the fact that my grandmother is here for me and with me and my brother is sitting next to me--and I am so thankful for all of that.
"Thank you. I just...There are so many people I would like to thank. A.C.T. in San Francisco. I would like to thank our creatives, the trio of geniuses--George, Tony, and Jeanine--for this amazing opportunity for which you wrote for me; thank you so much! I would like...I would like to breathe! I’d like to do that!
"Okay, I would like to thank my Davids: David Robbinson in San Francisco, David Williams my agent...Don Buckwall for allowing me to do this workshop for three years and not getting paid for it. Thank you so much for my cast, for everyone. God bless, and I love you so much. Thank you!" -Anika Noni Rose
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Posted: 7/6/07 at 4:09pm
Thank you SO much, sit&dither!
I tried calling Stacey on her iPhone but the bitch wouldn't pick up.
It was the kind of speech I'd expect from her and it just further establishes my major crush.
Best12, I wasn't following the Tonys as closely as I do now back then but from the list of nominees and the old threads I looked at I more or less assumed Rose was a favorite. Interesting that Keating was the more likely candidate.
I know a lot of people were surprised when she even got the nomination though...
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