Posted: 6/13/15 at 12:52pm
I thought she won a Tony for Elaine Stritch at Liberty in 2002?
If there is life after death I can't image Ms. Stritch being too happy about it considering how long it took her to finally win that Tony. Well, if there is any consolation she got the biggest cheer from the crowd.
Posted: 6/13/15 at 12:56pm
You couldn't really read the screen, and it was changing too fast for anyone to see it anyway.
Posted: 6/13/15 at 12:59pm
Stritch never won a Tony. In 2002, the Special Theatrical Event Tony was awarded ONLY to the producers of the winning production. Since Stritch was not a producer, she was not a winner. The producers gave her one of their statuettes though.
The following year, the rules were changed to allow anyone making a significant contribution the the production (be it as writer, director, etc.) to also receive the award in addition the the producers. Sarah Jones, for example, IS a winner of the 2006 Special Theatrical Event Tony even though she, like Stritch, was the writer and performer of her show and not a producer.
Posted: 6/13/15 at 1:30pm
Wow, you're absolutely right. The IBDB database does not list her as a Tony winner, although she was referred as one in most obits and is still listed as one on her Wikipedia page.
Such a shame that Broadway legend like Stritch has never won a Tony and wasn't even given a Lifetime Achievement one.
Posted: 6/13/15 at 1:53pm
If there's life after death I hope Stritch has more productive things to occupy her eternal life than worrying about what happened during the five seconds devoted to her during the In Memorium segment.
