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Eugene O'Neill Theater Center to Open Knight Fellow Applications For National Critics Institute


The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center has announced that it will begin accepting applications for a limited number of open John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fellowships in its 2022 National Critics Institute cohort.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Cynthia Erivo & More Among Audie Awards Finalists


The Audio Publishers Association (APA) have announced finalists for the 2022 Audie Awards. Finalists include Cynthia Erivo for Best Female Narrator and Lin-Manuel Miranda for Best Male Narrator. Leslie Odom Jr., Annie Golden, Telly Leung, and Jason Tam are also featured on audiobooks that made the list. Check out the full list of nominations now!

The 24 Hour Plays Announce Maura Tierney, Rachel Dratch and More Set for Gala


The 24 Hour Plays announced the first round of participants that will come together to help honor Academy Award-winning actor Kathy Bates at the 19th Annual The 24 Hour Plays Broadway Gala. The event will be held at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre in Times Square on Monday, November 18th.

VIDEO: Netflix Releases the Trailer for THE FINAL TABLE


Netflix has released the trailer for, 'The Final Table,' which launches globally on November 20 at www.netflix.com/thefinaltable. Watch the trailer below!

Photo Flash: Kristoffer Diaz Awarded New York Times' Playwright Award


Yesterday, July 12, The New York Times awarded Kristoffer Diaz the 2011 New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award for his play 'The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity,' produced in New York by Second Stage Theatre.

Kristoffer Diaz Wins NY Times Outstanding Playwright Award


Kristoffer Diaz is the winner of the 2011 New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award for 'The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity,' his satire of professional wrestling and the ethnic stereotypes and political imagery of that industry, The Times has announced.

New York Times Awards LeFranc Outstanding Playwright Award


The New York Times Company announced today the winner of the 2010 New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award is Dan LeFranc for his play 'Sixty Miles to Silver Lake.' The prize will be presented on May 13 at a ceremony held at TheTimesCenter in Manhattan.

Photo Flash: Tarell Alvin McCraney Honored With The New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award


The first New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award, a prize to honor an American playwright with a recent professional theater debut in New York City, was awarded to Tarell Alvin McCraney for his play 'The Brothers Size.'

McCraney Wins 1st NY Times Outstanding Playwright Award For The Brothers Size


The New York Times Company announced today that its first New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award, a prize to honor an American playwright with a recent professional theater debut in New York City, will be awarded to Tarell Alvin McCraney for his play 'The Brothers Size.'

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