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NY conference leaves all exhausted, exhilarated

More pictures coming (though you can see some now on Twitter at #atcaNY17). But first, here’s Lauren Yee (left), receiving her plaque for the $10,000 Francesca Primus Prize from Primus Prize chair Barbara Bannon (center) and Patsy Kahn, representing Barry Primus and the Primus Foundation. The...

N.Y. conference under way

Follow all the action on Twitter at #atcaNY17 For one thing, there’s a tweet-post competition under way, so posts proliferate. And that’s where you’ll find pictures like the following explained. Tony, Tony, who’s got the Tony (at the League of Broadway Theatre office)Panel, panel … . ...

2017.07.19 | ATCA Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

ATCA Executive Committee Meeting Conference Call | July 19, 2017 DOWNLOAD Bill Hirschman called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m. EDT.  All of the Ex-Com members were present: Charles Giuliano, Lou Harry, Brad Hathaway, Bill Hirschman, Kerry Reid, Frank Rizzo, Ed Rubin, Simon Saltzman, and Martha...

Critical debate du jour: The dynamics of a request not to review

A small Philadelphia theater asked critics not to review a short run of a new play that had been fully publicized. Wendy Rosenfield of the Broad Street Review responded; the responses to her increase the interest of all this to theater critics elsewhere. ...

‘Regional Saturday Conference’ to debut in Cincinnati, March 10, 2018

In its continuing effort to create vibrant programming beyond its outstanding national conferences, ATCA is happy to announce its first Regional Saturday Conference in Cincinnati on March 10, with optional bookend theatre opportunities on March 9 and 11, 2018. The intimate, low-cost event will be limited to twenty...

ANGELIKA JENSEN | San Antonio, TX

Member Angelica Jensen has let us know the sad news that her husband of thirty years died last month. The following is excerpted from his obituary: “Robert ‘Bob’ Brown was born in New York City on January 16, 1930. He passed away peacefully on September 9, 2017,...

WEI-HUAN CHEN | Houston, TX

Wei-Huan Chen of the Houston Chronicle was recently recognized for his work covering “Nixon in China.” According to the jury committee, “The HGO production employed the use of yellowface and stereotypical representations of Chinese people. Wei’s writing on the controversial aspects was a departure from traditional opera coverage in...

What ATCA is and should be: ATCA chair summarizes the many advantages of membership

We are in the middle of our membership renewal drive, and while this Harold Hill spiel is, indeed, aimed at enticing those who haven’t put renewals high on their “to do” list, this is really a contemplation of what ATCA is and what it should...

ATCA-NY17 approaches, Nov. 3-5; registration still open

Click here or on “Details” under the ATCA Daumier Times Square statue in right column for updated list of activities, panels and participants....