Stefanie Zadravec (at left, Barbara Bannon) Receiving her 2013 Primus Prize plaque at last (she had received the $10,000 check long ago) for her play, “The Electric Baby,” Stefanie Zadravec spoke briefly but with passion about the recognition (and lack thereof) of female playwrights, citing the “50-50 in 2020”...
It’s not a law firm: It’s Mark Linn Baker, Blythe Danner, Tony Danza, Julie Halston, Cady Huffman, Elizabeth Ashley, Tina Howe, Doug Wright (and more) who will join ATCA members for brunch at Sardi’s on Saturday, Nov. 8, a highlight of the New York Weekend. Also joining us...
Handelman and Abarbanel in front of an old theatre stage in Duan Village, a tiny rural town in Yunnan Province. ATCA excom chair Jonathan Abarbanel reports: The United States was easily re-elected to the Executive Committee of the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC) at the recently-concluded 27th IATC World...
Early Bird registration at $165 (members) and $175 (guests), which includes Brunch with the Stars at Sardi’s on Saturday morning, has been extended through Oct. 31, then goes up $20. Brunch alone for member or guest is $65. More here. ...
At the 37th World Congress of the International Association of Theatre Critics, meeting in Beijing, China, Oct. 15-20, ATCA was represented by three chairs: Jonathan Abarbanel (ATCA excom), Jay Handelman (Foundation ATCA) and Jeffrey Eric Jenkins (ATCA International Committee). For the congress symposium on “A New World: The Profession of Criticism in...
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Alvin Epstein The eight 2014 inductees into the Theater Hall of Fame include actor F. Murray Abraham (currently in It’s Only A Play), legendary actor Alvin Epstein (original N.Y. cast of Waiting for Godot), Tony-winning actor Blythe Danner (now in The Country House), director Marshall Mason, former N.Y. Times theater critic Frank Rich, chairman of the Shubert Organization Philip J....
Playwright Jennifer Haley has been awarded the 2014 Francesca Primus Prize for her play The Nether. Haley will receive the $10,000 award check immediately and be officially celebrated at an upcoming ATCA conference. Jointly sponsored by ATCA and the Francesca Ronnie Primus Foundation, the Primus Prize is given annually...
The ATCA executive committee has joined the protest over the cancelation of a scheduled production of Spamalot at the South Williamsport Junior/Senior High School in Williamsport, Pa., because of, according to principal, Jesse Smith, its “homosexual themes.” In a Sept. 19 letter to Superintendent of Schools Dr....
ATCA members received nominations and ballots several weeks ago. Voting is fun, but it’s also a service to the American theater and it provides well-earned pleasure for the winners. If you need a replacement ballot, contact ATCA’s man on the Hall’s executive committee, Chris Rawson (cchr@pitt.edu). ...