Christine Ebersole, Lynn Nottage, Suzan-Lori Parks, Mandy Patinkin, More Among 2022 Theater Hall of Fame Inductees

The Theater Hall of Fame Inc. has announced its 2022 inductees: playwrights Lynn Nottage and Suzan-Lori Parks; actors Christine Ebersole, Bill Irwin, and Mandy Patinkin; director Frank Galati; sound pioneer Abe Jacob; and, posthumously, playwright Ntozake Shange.

The 51st annual Theater Hall of Fame for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater induction ceremony will be held November 14 at the Gershwin Theatre.

The Theater Hall of Fame was founded in 1970 by James M. Nederlander, Earl Blackwell, and Gerard Oestreicher. To be eligible for nomination, the theatre professional must have at least 25 years in the American theatre, five major productions, or be a leader of Off-Broadway or a regional theatre pioneer. The more than 200 voters are past Hall of Fame inductees as well as members of the American Theater Critics Association.

2021 inductees included performer-playwright Anna Deavere Smith, performers Leslie Uggams and Victor Garber, composer Alan Menken, set designer Bob Crowley, and, posthumously, director Gerald Freedman. (Nottage had been announced for the 2021 celebration but had to withdraw from the evening due to a previous commitment.)

Terry Hodge Taylor produces the annual invitation-only event.

Look Back at Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

For_Colored_Girls_Broadway_Production_Photo_1976_Aku Kadogo_Rise Collins_Trazana Beverly_Laurie Carlos_Seret Scott_Paula Moss _HR — Look Back at Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

The show opened at the Booth Theatre September 15, 1976.
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For_Colored_Girls_Broadway_Production_Photo_1976_Rise Collins_Aku Kadogo_Laurie Carlos _Seret Scott _HR — Rise Collins, Aku Kadogo, Laurie Carlos, and Seret Scott

For_Colored_Girls_Broadway_Broadway_Production_Photos_1976_Trazana_Beverley_HR — Trazana Beverley

For_Colored_Girls_Broadway_Production_Photo_1976_Paula Moss_Trazana Berverly_Aku Kadogo_Seret Scott_Rise Collins _HR — Paula Moss, Trazana Berverly, Aku Kadogo, Seret Scott, and Rise Collins

Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts

For_Colored_Girls_Broadway_Production_Photo_1976_Rise Collins_Aku Kadogo_HR — Rise Collins and Aku Kadogo

For_Colored_Girls_Broadway_Production_Photo_1976_Rise Collins_Seret Scott_Trazana Berverly_Paula Moss_HR — Rise Collins, Seret Scott, Trazana Berverly, and Paula Moss

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