Simon and I have just returned from New York where Dame Edna is featured in a photograph in the current Broadway Playbill programmes given to all audiences in Broadway's theatreland. In an article about "Theatre Talk", New York City's most prominent theatre talk show on television, Dame Edna is pictured with the co-hosts of the show:
photo credit: Elizabeth RumlOnly the best and brightest of Broadway are featured on the show, so it's only fitting that Australia's best-loved housewife/international icon would be interviewed, along with the likes of Chicago's Kander and Ebb. Dame Edna, in fact, won a Tony Award in 2001 for her Broadway show "Dame Edna: The Royal Tour", as well as a Tony nomination for the 2004 hit show "Dame Edna: Back With a Vengeance".
And speaking of the "Back With a Vengeance" show, following the hugely successful run on Broadway (which we witnessed!) and a fantastic North American tour, she's taken the show home to Australia where she is currently playing to her adoring fans down under. This run celebrates Dame Edna's 50 years on the stage, and this very week the show is playing in Perth at the Regal Theatre until the 26th. Just think of all the lucky people who will see that show - their lives will probably never be the same again!
photo credit: Richard Hatherly
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