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JULIE
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a
selling exhibition of her stage career
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Part
3: The 1960's and beyond
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November 1960: Julie Andrews' stage appearances in the 60's and 70's were few and far between, with film work taking up most of her time. However, she began the decade in the important role of Guenevere in "Camelot", which opened for tryouts at the Shubert Theatre in Boston on October 25th 1960. King Arthur was played by Richard Burton, and the cast also included Roddy McDowall and Robert Goulet. |
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December 1960: Not surprisingly the Lerner & Loewe musical was a hit, and after less than 30 tryout shows in Boston it opened on 3rd December at the Majestic Theatre, New York, and ran for 873 performances. Julie Andrews was replaced by Patricia Bredin in April 1962. |
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December 1973: In a rare return to the London stage, Julie Andrews sang a selection of Christmas songs in a Carol Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andre Previn, at the Royal Albert Hall on 4th December. |
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June 1976: Twenty two years after
"Cinderella", Julie Andrews returned to the London Palladium
for a series of fourteen concerts, between June 9th and June 16th. |
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September 1977: During the year Julie Andrews toured Japan, appearing at Osaka Festival Hall on September 21st. We'd welcome any more details of this tour. |
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November 1977: Julie Andrews made her third appearance at a Royal Variety show on Monday 21st November 1977 in front of The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh at the London Palladium. The program was decorated in red, white and blue to mark the Queen's Silver Jubilee year but unusually gives no running order. Julie shared the bill with Harry Belafonte, Rudolph Nureyev and Jim Henson with The Muppets ! |
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February 1983: Julie Andrews has always been committed to charity work, her first recorded benefit performance being for those affected by the Jamaica Hurricane of 1951. Over thirty years later, on February 11th, 1983, she hosted a gala dinner, auction and fashion show at the Beverly Hills Hotel for the charity "Operation California". |
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March 1985: Another charity event, this time at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, on March 3rd 1985. Julie Andrews was one of an impressive line-up of stars, who performed to raise funds for "The John Douglas French Foundation for Alzheimer's Disease". The other entertainers were Jack Lemmon, Helen Hayes, Dorothy Kirsten, Nelson Riddle and Dick Shawn |
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June 1985: In the 80's and 90's Julie Andrews was a regular host of New York award ceremonies. She co-presented the 38th Annual Antoinette Perry Awards on June 3rd, along with Robert Preston. The annual event was held, on this occasion, at the Gershwin Theatre. |
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October 1989: On 7th October Julie was honored at a special evening held by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Princess Anne (The Princess Royal) was in attendance. |
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December 1989: On 11th December Julie was the star attraction at "An Evening of Christmas Celebrations" at the Royal Festival Hall in London, again singing a selection of carols. The event was sponsored by the card company Hallmark, and the program cover was based on the first ever Christmas card. |
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June 1991: Julie Andrews co-presented the 45th Annual Antoinette Perry Awards on June 2nd, along with Jeremy Irons. The event was held at the Minskoff Theatre in New York. |
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March 1993: After another long gap, with little stage work, Julie Andrews wowed off-Broadway with just ninety six performances of the Sondheim compilation show, "Putting It Together". Opening at the Manhattan Theatre Club on March 2nd, the last performance was on 23rd May, despite the entire run having sold out within 6 hours of tickets going on sale. |
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August 1995: Possibly buoyed by the critical raves for "Putting It Together", Julie appeared again in a stage musical, an adaptation of her movie, "Victor Victoria". Before playing on Broadway the show the show was seen in Minniapolis for four weeks and in Chicago, at the Shubert Theatre, where it played a short run of tryouts in August. |
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October 1995: "Victor Victoria", opened at the Marquis Theatre in New York on 25th October. Early in the run the Playbill had a colour cover. Andrews was replaced by Liza Minnelli during a vacation, and then by Raquel Welch when she left the show in June 1997. |
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February 1997: During the run of "Victor Victoria", the Marquis Theatre played host to a one-performance-only benefit show "Nothing Like A Dame". Whether the show was in the afternoon of 24th Feb or whether it replaced Victor for the night is unclear. An all-star event, which featured Julie Andrews and many other great female entertainers, including Barbara Cook, Elaine Stritch, and many, many others. |
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July 1998: Julie Andrews attended a "Tribute Lunch" on 6th July at The Dorchester in London. The honour was conferred by the Variety Club of Great Britain. |
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June 1999: Julie Andrews was one of the presenters of "The Tony Awards", at the Gershwin Theatre, New York, on June 6th. |
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December 2001: Julie Andrews was one of the five celebrities recognised in the 2001 Kennedy Center Honors. The event, held in Washington DC on December 2nd was hosted by Walter Cronkite and also honoured Van Cliburn, Quincy Jones, Jack Nicholson and Luciano Pavarotti. Among the stars who took part were Warren Beatty, Carol Burnett, Ray Charles, Michael Douglas, Oprah Winfrey and Stevie Wonder. The event was televised on Dec 26th 2001. |
