Dame Julie Andrews describes the night as “egregiously overlooked”. The year was 1995 and the world’s premiere musical theatre star was originating the title role(s) in Victor/Victoria on Broadway. When Tony Award nominations arrived, it transpired that Andrews had received the show’s only nomination. What ensued was a diva moment the likes of which probably inhabit Lea Michele’s personal fantasies. Andrews became the only person in the history of the Award to decline her nomination, thus eliminating her chance at an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony – the Holy Grail of show business) on the grounds that Victor/Victoria had been “egregiously overlooked” in the other … Continue reading Irish Times Theatre Awards: The Winners, The Losers, and the “Egregiously Overlooked”