2018-2019 Season Special Honors & Smaller Awards

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The winners of the 2019 Jonathan Larson Grants have been announced, which include the team of Julia Gytri and Avi Amon as well as Emily Gardner Xu Hall, Andy Roninson and Ben Wexler. http://www.playbill.com/article/american-theatre-wing-awards-5-rising-musical-theatre-writers-with-2019-jonathan-larson-grants

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In honor of Black History Month, here’s a look back at some notable African-American milestones in Broadway history. https://www.broadway.com/buzz/194844/celebrating-black-history-month-broadway-milestones-you-ought-to-know/

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Tracy Letts will receive the 2019 Actor of the Year Award from the Sarah Siddons Society. http://www.playbill.com/article/pulitzer-and-tony-winner-tracy-letts-named-actor-of-the-year-by-sarah-siddons-society

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WP Theater has announced that its 40th anniversary season gala, honoring game-changing women with the Women of Achievement Awards, will take place on Monday, April 15, at the Edison Ballroom. This year’s event will honor BroadwayHD founder and Tony Award-winning producer Bonnie Comley; actress and singer-songwriter Amanda Seyfried; and Grammy Award-winning songwriter and recording artist Emily Warren.
https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/amanda-seyfried-emily-warren-wp-theater-gala_87985.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=01mar2019

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Jackie Sibblies Drury has been named the winner of the 2019 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play Fairview. http://www.playbill.com/article/jackie-sibblies-drury-wins-blackburn-prize-for-her-acclaimed-fairview

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Kelli O’Hara, Alex Timbers, and Taylor Mac will each be receiving honorary awards from the Drama League.
http://www.playbill.com/article/kelli-ohara-alex-timbers-and-taylor-mac-to-receive-2019-honorary-drama-league-awards

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Thanks. I was actually going to create a separate thread for the Drama League Awards, since I figure that all of the big 5 theater awards in New York (Lortel, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Tony) all deserve their own threads.

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Chita Rivera will receive the Broadway Beacon Awards’ inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award on April 8. Other honorees that night include scenic designer Beowulf Borritt, Today Show host Al Roker, Patricia White (President, Theatrical Wardrobe Local 764 IATSE) and Brian Tormey (President, TitleVest Insurance Company). http://www.playbill.com/article/chita-rivera-to-receive-inaugural-lifetime-achievement-honor-from-broadway-beacon-awards

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Tony nominee Christopher Sieber will host the 5th annual Shubert Foundation High School Theatre Festival at the Music Box Theatre on March 18. http://www.playbill.com/article/the-proms-christopher-sieber-to-host-5th-annual-shubert-foundation-high-school-theatre-festival

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Tony nominee Ashley Park has been announced as the inaugural recipient of the Marin Mazzie Award for Empowerment. https://www.broadway.com/buzz/195144/ashley-park-to-receive-inaugural-marin-mazzie-award-for-empowerment/

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Tony-nominated producer Tom Kirdahy will receive the Commercial Theater Institute’s Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Theater Producing on May 22. http://www.playbill.com/article/tom-kirdahy-named-recipient-of-2019-robert-whitehead-award

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Playwrights Young Jean Lee and Patricia Cornelius are this year’s recipients of Yale University’s Windham-Campbell Prizes for drama. http://www.playbill.com/article/young-jean-lee-named-recipient-of-windham-campbell-prize

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Laura Benanti and Bartlett Sher will be honored at the Encompass New Opera Theatre’s 2019 gala on March 31. Benanti will receive the Sheldon Harnick Award for Creative Excellence and Sher will receive the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in the American Theatre, Musical Theatre and Opera Award. https://www.broadway.com/buzz/195185/odds-ends-laura-benanti-bartlett-sher-to-be-honored-at-encompass-annual-gala-more/

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The Dramatists Guild of America will present Heidi Schreck and Amy Herzog with the 2019 Horton Foote Playwriting Award in July. http://www.playbill.com/article/heidi-schreck-and-amy-herzog-named-winners-of-2019-horton-foote-playwriting-award

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Several recordings that have been selected for preservation this year in the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress have Broadway connections, such as the original Broadway cast recording of Hair, Neil Diamond’s iconic song “Sweet Caroline”, Cyndi Lauper’s debut album She’s So Unusual, and Schoolhouse Rock!: The Box Set, which has several songs written and performed by Lynn Ahrens. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cyndi-lauper-neil-diamond-jay-z-music-inducted-national-recording-registry-1195727

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