The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has selected six finalists for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, recognizing playwrights for the best scripts that premiered professionally outside New York City during 2016. The top award of $25,000 and two citations of...
Jim Steinberg The Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award recognizes playwrights for the best scripts that premiered professionally outside New York City during 2016. The top award of $25,000 and two citations of $7,500 each will be presented April 8 at Actors Theatre...
As a sort of pendant to the vacancy in the Times’ critic crew (scroll down three items) — because otherwise, Isherwood would presumably have reviewed the Encores! “Big River,” Feb. 8-12 — artistic director Jack Viertel wrote a crushingly condescending response to the review by Laura Collins-Hughes. Most...
Also: “Immigration problems” for Thalia Prize Winner (see below) Michael Howley, Noura Erica Jenkins (the child), Ivan Medenica, Jeffrey Eric Jenkins and Marie J. Kilker at the 2016 World Congress in Belgrade. Photo: Katayoun H. Salmasi Last fall’s 2016 AICT-IATC world congress was held in conjunction with...
At its January meeting, the ATCA Excom handled reports on the Primus and Steinberg prize deliberations, regional conferences and workshops, establishment of a team dealing with ATCA’s digital presence and a plan for a major membership drive. The minutes are available in the Members Only...
ATCA Executive Committee Conference Call | February 13, 2017 DOWNLOAD Bill Hirschman called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m. EST. All of the Ex-Com members were present: Susan Cohn, Charles Giuliano, Lou Harry, Brad Hathaway, Bill Hirschman, Kerry Reid, Wendy Rosenfield, Ed Rubin, and Martha Steketee. Barbara...
SOME FOLLOWUP STORIES Update, March 1: High profile playwrights (Marsha Norman, David Henry Hwang, Lynn Nottage, Doug Wright, etc., etc.) are among 800 signers of a petition to the N.Y. Times to fill the second string theater critic slot with a woman or transgender person of color,...
To make ATCA activities more open for members, the minutes of all 2016 Executive Committee meetings — in person and by conference call — have been posted to the Members Only section of the website. Members need to sign in using their email address and password....
January 22, 2017 — The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has announced the names of the seven finalists for the 2016 Francesca Primus Prize. Jointly sponsored by ATCA and the Francesca Ronnie Primus Foundation, the Primus Prize, which includes an award of $10,000, is given...
The Columbia Journalism Review has published a thought provoking piece by Boston’s Jeb Gottlieb, former music and theater writer for the Boston Herald. In a section he titled “the end of the age of the critic” Gottlieb provides statistics on the decline of full time...