Alex Edelman is now midway to EGOT after successful a Tony Award and an Emmy Award in the identical 12 months!
The 35-year-old comic received an award for his present Simply For Us on the 2024 Emmy Awards on Sunday (September 15) on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
Alex debuted the one-man play on Broadway in 2023 and turned the present into an HBO Max particular, which started streaming in 2024.
After being honored with a Particular Tony Award for “exemplary debut,” Alex picked up the Emmy Award for Excellent Writing for a Selection Particular. Becoming a member of him within the viewers was finest good friend Benj Pasek, who simply grew to become an EGOT recipient after his personal Emmy win.
Alex gave an emotional acceptance speech wherein he paid tribute to his collaborator Adam Brace, who handed away final 12 months.
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“Thanks a lot for this. That is, Oh God, I’m going to cry in entrance of Carol Burnett, improbable,” he stated on stage. “I made this with my nice collaborator Adam Brace, who handed away proper earlier than we began on Broadway and this large group of individuals rushed in to fill that void.”
He added, “That is actually, actually stunning. I actually miss Adam nevertheless it was the tip of a seven-year journey with the present, however I obtained to make one thing actually humorous with my pals.”