Alex Edelman | 2024 Special Tony Award

Published: Jun 16, 2024 Duration: 00:02:48 Category: Entertainment

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Hi I'm Alex. Okay. So I'm going to say thank yous to my Just For Us crew first, and then I'm going to talk about, Broadway and Israel and Palestine, I guess. I come from the world of comedy where there's sort of currency and cynicism. And when I got to Broadway, the thing that surprised me the most, apart from how much gummy bears cost, is how much optimism there is. And I get that there has to be optimism, because Broadway, you guys are like these genius bozos from nowhere, and you're involved in this very reckless industry. And most of the shows lsoe so much money, and it's the only business where everyone's like, 'oh, my God, we broke even. Let's have a party.' And it's so hard to write and perform Broadway and produce Broadway and crew Broadway. And I just want to start with thank yous to my crew, who are my family, especially my stage managers my publicists, and my producers, from Mike and Carlee downtown to Seaview and Jenny Gersten and Rachel Sussman uptown, I love you, and ATG and the Hudson, Alex Timbers. There is so much of Alex Timbers in this show, he got me ready for Broadway, he directed a special, I'm so proud of Alex and love you. And thank you also to the comedy legends and peers that came and gave notes and my influences that, even the ones I've never met, and my friends, particularly Benj Pasek, who just was like this firm hand on my back always, and Mike Birbiglia, who doesn't belong on a list of friends or producers or influencers or directors because he's all of those things. Mike didn't just produce my show, he revitalized this art form. And I think that this award like, as much as I love my show and think it's the best thing I can offer, it's for an idea. My show, beyond being about neo-Nazis and anti-Semitism and Christmas, it grapples with a question, which is like, what is our place in the world? And it feels like when I go see shows on Broadway, they're all asking that question, except for Stereophonic, which basically asks what if cocaine? But the idea at Just For Us' core is about empathy. It's about people sitting in a room who disagree with each other in ways that are fundamental and profound, in trying to understand something about ourselves and those others. And given what's happening in the world right now, particularly in Israel and Palestine, given how every day it feels like the differences between us and those that we disagree with are more and more fundamental, that it is all the more necessary to find ways to do that. And I actually want to end with one last thank you for Adam Brace, who was my best friend for a decade, who believed in nuance and exploring it on stage, even more than, more firmly than I did, and who directed the shows, he directed all my shows. And even in his passing, just weeks before we started at the Hudson, Adam left this last gift to me, which was to create something that made room for all those wonderful people that I mentioned, and hundreds that I haven't to step in and fill my life with gullible Broadway optimism and all the gummy bears that I could eat. Oh, and, please watch Just For Us, if you haven't seen it, it's on HBO. Very proud of it. And I am honored. And, I am the opposite of humbled by this. This will turn me into a monster, I will never pay for Lion King tickets ever again. Thank you so much.

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