Svich and Canady, winners of the 2011 Primus and 2012 Osborn, respectively, have already received their checks. But they will join us Friday, June 15, for us to applaud their achievements — and they will be with us for much of the Chicago conference, for...
“No matter how far you have to go to get there, the place to be right now is Chicago, where Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy are starring in Robert Falls’ Goodman Theatre revival of The Iceman Cometh.”— Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal. Teachout is the Perspectives in Criticism speaker at ATCA’s Chicago conference,...
The reduced early registration rate for the Chicago Annual Conference, June 13-17, ends this Friday (May 11 post-marked). After Friday, registration will be $145 for ATCA members and $165 for guests. Rooms are still available at the Red Roof Inn and Club Quarters, which offer special ATCA...
Based on ATCA’s recommendation as determined by a balloting procedure guided by Chris Jones, the Shakespeare Theatre Company of Washington, D.C. will receive the 2012 Regional Theatre Tony Award®, which honors a non-profit, professional regional theatre that has displayed a continuous level of artistic achievement contributing to the...
Nice Work If You Can Get It leads with 9 nominations. See the full list here. Winners in 23 categories will be announced May 14, with the awards given May 24. ...
Elliot Norton Nominations in 24 categories are selected by the 11-member Boston group. Named for the ATCA co-founder, who lived to be 100, the awards will be presented May 21, including a special tribute to Tommy Tune. See the full list here (note link to fuller press release). ...
The Goodman Theatre’s “The Iceman Cometh” with Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy will be part of ATCA Chicago 2012 (June 13-17), and Terry Teachout (Wall Street Journal) will deliver the Perspectives in Criticism talk. There’s much more, and more to be announced, but why wait? For registration info, scroll down or click here. ...
Quiara Alegría Hudes DRAMA: Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes. Finalists: Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz and Sons of the Prophet by Stephen Karam. CRITICISM: Wesley Morris (Boston Globe, film). Finalists: Philip Kennicott (Washington Post, cultural criticism) and Tobi Tobias (ArtsJournal.com, dance). Read Hudes’ and Morris’ citations here. NOTE that it is now 34 years since a theater critic has...
Click here for a transcript of the Perspectives in CriticismIra Bilowit, Tim Sanford, Adam Rapp, Emily Mann, Richard Nelson, Chris Rawson panel of playwrights Adam Rapp and Richard Nelson, artistic director Tim Sanford and producer-director-playwright Emily Mann, moderated by Ira Bilowit and Chris Rawson, arranged and launched by Sherry Eaker, at the NY...
Tuesday was World Theatre Day, a celebration most likely largely ignored across the United States. But at the International Association of Theatre Critics’ 26th World Congress in Warsaw, it was a day for celebration. Jay Handelman, ATCA Chair; Jeffrey Eric Jenkins, chair of ATCA’s International Committee...