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PEN/Pels Honor Fornes, Kushner

Legendary playwright/director Maria Irene Fornes and the highly honored dramatist Tony Kushner are the recipients of this year's PEN/Laura Pels Foundation Awards for Drama. Part of the 2002 PEN Literary Awards, the honors will be presented on Mon., May 20 at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater ...

Arts' 2003 Funding Struggles Shift

In the 1990s, leaders in the not-for-profit arts community fought the good fight, saving the National Endowment for the Arts from extinction, even though Congress drastically cut funds. Meanwhile, America's state governments prospered and shared the bounty with their cultural agencies.

Ring Masters

TV sitcom director Mary Lou Belli (Girlfriends) advised a screenwriter colleague to put phone conversations into series pilots. Belli says bad actors can't do phone conversations well, so, in auditions with scenes involving phone calls, she can quickly weed people out.

The Rainbow Revue

"The Rainbow Revue," presented by Rainbow Revue Enterprises, Inc., at the Ivar Theatre, 1605 N. Ivar Ave., Hollywood. Thurs.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun., 4 p.m. Apr. 5-28. $25-35. (310) 289-1875

For Actors Studio's 50th Year, A Group Theatre Retrospective

By Murdoch

Family Reunion

Theatre in the Valley's "Marvin's Room" starts very bumpy but eventually smoothes out into a somewhat touching exploration of familial love

BC/EFA Releases 2001 Annual Report

The 2001 annual report of BC/EFA is the latest in a string of industry barometers showing the events of Sept. 11 clearly challenging philanthropic organizations.

New Columbia University Theatre Space Announced

The 180-seat Theatre of the Riverside Church, located within walking distance of the campus of Columbia University, will become the main performance facility used by the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theater Studies, according to an announcement issued last week. The announcement coincided with a Wed., Oct. 16 ribbon-cutting ceremony ...

D.C.'s Hayes Awards Spread the Wealth

The Washington theatre community gathered at The Kennedy Center on Mon., May 6 for the 18th annual Helen Hayes Awards.

PARC Shows Audiences Value Performing Arts

The Performing Arts Research Coalition (PARC), a three-year audience-research project being conducted by five national service organizations, has released the second of three reports on the culture-going habits of citizens in selected cities across America. The figures further confirm that that people attend performing arts-related events more than sporting events ...