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Christine Ebersole, Lynn Nottage, Suzan-Lori Parks, Mandy Patinkin, More Among 2022 Theater Hall of Fame Inductees
The 51st anniversary induction ceremony will be held in November at the Gershwin Theatre.
Christine Ebersole, Lynn Nottage, Suzan Lori-Parks and Mandy Patinkin
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.
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Look Back at Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
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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Aku Kadogo, Risë Collins, Trazana Beverly (front), Laurie Carlos, Seret Scott, and Paula Moss
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Rise Collins, Aku Kadogo, Laurie Carlos, and Seret Scott
Paula Moss, Trazana Berverly, Aku Kadogo, Seret Scott, and Rise Collins
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Rise Collins and Aku Kadogo
Rise Collins, Seret Scott, Trazana Berverly, and Paula Moss
Risë Collins, Aku Kadogo, Janet League, Paula Moss, and Seret Scott
Aku Kadogo, Janet League, Risë Collins, Trazana Beverley, Laurie Carlos, Seret Scott, and Paula Moss
Aku Kadogo, Risë Collins, Paula Moss, Janet League, and Seret Scott
Aku Kadogo, Paula Moss, Risë Collins, Janet League, Ntozake Shange, Trazana Beverley, and Laurie Carlos
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Risë Collins, Trazana Beverley, Paula Moss, Seret Scott, and Aku Kadogo
