Daveed Diggs and Benjamin Scheuer Are Among Theatre World Awards Winners
Twelve newcomers will be awarded for their debut performances on Broadway and Off-Broadway.
Twelve newcomers will be awarded for their debut performances on Broadway and Off-Broadway.
Sixteen finalists from high schools all over the country gathered in New York to deliver, and connect with, the late playwright’s words.
Guirgis’s Pulitzer winner took the play prize, while Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’ was named best musical.
Program includes a retreat in upstate New York and an award to a female playwright from the Great Plains Theatre Conference.
New prize program with Center Theatre Group will also set aside funds for local world-premiere production.
The female-empowerment organization announces the winner of its inaugural playwriting competition, to be staged at an event in June.
The director/playwright and longtime leader of McCarter Theatre will receive the award at a ceremony on May 16.
The Creative Capital-administered grants go to 37 new live-arts projects, ranging from jazz to opera to performance art.
The author of ‘Jails, Hospitals and Hip-Hop’ will receive the Playwright Masters Award from the fest, which will present 17 new works by 18 writers.
Most of today’s Tony-nominated shows got their start on non-commercial stages, either in the U.S. or abroad.