EDDIE IZZARD has landed a TONY NOMINATION in his Broadway acting
debut for his performance in the critically acclaimed Peter Nichols
play "A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG."
IZZARD, who earlier this month picked up THE OUTER CRITICS AWARD FOR
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY, has won glowing reviews for his
performance as BRI, a young father struggling to come to terms with
the burden of caring for his severely brain-damaged daughter. "A
DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG" also won the award for OUTSTANDING
REVIVAL OF A PLAY.
In THE NEW YORK TIMES, Ben Brantley said that IZZARD and co-star
VICTORIA HAMILTON are "so funny that they break your heart."
He added, "It is unlikely that anyone this season is going to top
Mr. Izzard and Ms Hamilton' Meanwhile, John Lahr of THE NEW
YORKER claimed "Bri is brought to magnificent life by the
comedian Eddie Izzard whose disarming lightness of touch and
swiftness of mind make him just the right messenger for Nichols's
sulfurous irony," and THE NEW YORK POST's Clive Barnes
declared, "Izzard is extraordinary…He pulls compulsive
laughter out of pain like a funny hat from one of those English
Christmas crackers." Elsewhere, Richard Zoglin noted in TIME
MAGAZINE, "its brutally unsentimental treatment of a touch
subject, the experiments in narrative and a galvanizing performance
by comedian EDDIE IZZARD give it the immediacy of a spring
thunderstorm."
The production has transferred to Broadway from an equally acclaimed
production in London, where IZZARD was hailed as "a
revelation" in THE DAILY MAIL and DAILY TELEGRAPH reviewer
Charles Spencer commented that "Izzard puts me in mind of
Olivier's Archie Rice in `The Entertainer.'"
A delighted Eddie reacted to the nomination by saying: "This is a
great honour and I feel very lucky to be here. The last time I was
nominated for an acting award was The Eastbourne Gazette Drama Awards
(Schools section) in 1979."
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