Behind (Almost) Every Tony Nominee: a Nonprofit Theatre
Most of today’s Tony-nominated shows got their start on non-commercial stages, either in the U.S. or abroad.
Category Archives: Awards
Playwrights Center Announces Jerome and McKnight Fellows
Carson Kreitzer, Andrew Rosendorf and Keliher Walsh among recipients of fellowships for emerging and Minnesota-based playwrights.
Cleveland Play House to Receive 2015 Regional Tony
The New York theatre honors recognize a resident theatre leader as it enters its 100th year.
Five Young Theatre Singers Receive 2015 Lotte Lenya Prizes
L.A.’s Lauren Michelle took the first prize in the international theatre singing competition, which doled out a record number of prizes and money to young performing talents.
2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Goes to Stephen Adly Guirgis
‘Between Riverside and Crazy’ is the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for drama. Jordan Harrison and Suzan-Lori Parks are named as finalists.
Yale Drama Series Award Goes to Barbara Seyda for ‘Celia, a Slave’
The playwright’s docutheatre piece, about an infamous case involving a young slave convicted for killing her master, takes top prize.
Sacred Fools Wins Big at Pro-99-Seat Rally, a.k.a. L.A. Stage Raw Awards
The inheritor of the defunct L.A. Weekly Awards honored the town’s 99-seat-and-under theatres, which are feeling besieged at the moment.
Sam Willmott and Sam Carner Receive Kleban Prizes
The winners of the award for promising musical theatre lyricists and librettists receive a total of $100,000 each, payable over two years, with the honor.
First Judith Barlow Prize Goes to Selina Fillinger for ‘Machinal’-Inspired One-Act
Given by History Matters/Back to the Future, whose goal is to expand the male-dominated theatrical canon, the award recognizes students for their creative responses to classics by women.
The Drama League Announces 2015 Directing Fellows
Eleven fellows will participate in the program, which encompasses four different areas of study.
