Lincoln Center Hosts Wendy Wasserstein Remembrance, March 13

A March 13th evening at Lincoln Center will pay tribute to the late great playwright Wendy Wasserstein, who lost her battle with cancer on January 30th at the age of 55.

The event, billed as a "remembrance," will take place at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre (150 W. 65th Street). It will be broadcast live at the Juilliard School's Peter Jay Sharp Theater (140 West 65th Street); those who miss out on the tribute's limited public seating will be able to watch it there. Both theatres are located at Lincoln Center.

Wasserstein, who died of complications from lymphoma, won much acclaim over the course of almost three decades for writing plays that with wit, warmth and insight, confronted a range of feminist issues--the conflict of career versus marriage and motherhood, the struggle for women to achieve equality at work, and the joys and tribulations of love and sex, among them. Her plays included Uncommon Women and Others, The Sisters Rosensweig, Isn't It Romantic, An American Daughter and The Heidi Chronicles, which is commonly regarded as her masterpiece and won both a Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Third, a critical and commercial hit at Lincoln Center, was the last new Wasserstein work to be presented. With the late composer Cy Coleman and lyricist David Zippel, Wasserstein also wrote the book for Pamela's First Musical (based on her own children's book). The author of several volumes of essays (including Bachelor Girls, Shiksa Goddess, and Sloth), Wasserstein also penned a debut novel called Elements of Style that will be published in May.

Seating will be available to the general public on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit www.lincolncenter.org for more information.