The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government by an act of the U.S. Congress,signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 29,1965. It is a sub-agency of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities,along with the National Endowment for the Humanities,the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities,and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Radio Golf is a play by American playwright,August Wilson,the final installment in his ten-part series,The Century Cycle. It was first performed in 2005 by the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven,Connecticut and had its Broadway premiere in 2007 at the Cort Theatre. It is Wilson's final work.
Robert Sanford Brustein was an American theatrical critic,producer,playwright,writer,and educator. He founded the Yale Repertory Theatre while serving as dean of the Yale School of Drama in New Haven,Connecticut,as well as the American Repertory Theater and Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University in Cambridge,Massachusetts,where he was a creative consultant until his death,and was the theatre critic for The New Republic. He commented on politics for the HuffPost.
The August Wilson Theatre is a Broadway theater at 245 West 52nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1925,the theater was designed by C. Howard Crane and Kenneth Franzheim and was built for the Theatre Guild. It is named for Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson (1945–2005). The August Wilson has approximately 1,225 seats across two levels and is operated by ATG Entertainment. The facade is a New York City designated landmark.
The Al Hirschfeld Theatre,originally the Martin Beck Theatre,is a Broadway theater at 302 West 45th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1924,it was designed by G. Albert Lansburgh in a Moorish and Byzantine style and was constructed for vaudevillian Martin Beck. It has 1,404 seats across two levels and is operated by ATG Entertainment. Both the facade and the interior are New York City landmarks.
The St. James Theatre,originally Erlanger's Theatre,is a Broadway theater at 246 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1927,it was designed by Warren and Wetmore in a neo-Georgian style and was constructed for A. L. Erlanger. It has 1,709 seats across three levels and is operated by ATG Entertainment. Both the facade and the auditorium interior are New York City landmarks.
The Walter Kerr Theatre,previously the Ritz Theatre,is a Broadway theater at 219 West 48th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The theater was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and was constructed for the Shubert brothers in 1921. The venue,renamed in 1990 after theatrical critic Walter Kerr,has 975 seats across three levels and is operated by ATG Entertainment. The facade is plainly designed and is made of patterned brick. The auditorium contains Adam-style detailing,two balconies,and murals.
The Eugene O'Neill Theatre,previously the Forrest Theatre and the Coronet Theatre,is a Broadway theater at 230 West 49th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The theater was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and was constructed for the Shubert brothers. It opened in 1925 as part of a hotel and theater complex named after 19th-century tragedian Edwin Forrest. The modern theater,named in honor of American playwright Eugene O'Neill,has 1,108 seats across two levels and is operated by ATG Entertainment. The auditorium interior is a New York City designated landmark.
James Henry Binger was an American lawyer who became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Honeywell. He was also a well-known philanthropist,horse enthusiast and New York City and Minneapolis theatre owner and entrepreneur.
Jujamcyn Theaters LLC,formerly the Jujamcyn Amusement Corporation,is a theatrical producing and theatre-ownership company in New York City. For many years Jujamcyn was owned by James H. Binger,former chairman of Honeywell,and his wife,Virginia McKnight Binger. It was later owned by Rocco Landesman and most recently by Jordan Roth.
The Broadway League,formerly the League of American Theatres and Producers and League of New York Theatres and Producers,is the national trade association for the Broadway theatre industry based in New York City. Its members include theatre owners and operators,producers,presenters,and general managers in New York and more than 250 other North American cities,as well as suppliers of goods and services to the theatre industry.
Eugene Edward Lee was an American set designer who worked in film,theater,and television. He was the production designer for Saturday Night Live from the show's premiere in 1975 until his death,with the exception of seasons 6-10 (1980-1985). Lee became resident designer at Trinity Repertory Company in Providence,Rhode Island,in 1967.
Robert Zangwill Kalfin was an American stage director and producer who has worked on and off Broadway and at regional theaters throughout the country. He was a former artistic director of the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and the founder/artistic director of The Chelsea Theater Center.
Davi Napoleon,also known as Davida Skurnick and Davida Napoleon,is an American theater historian and critic as well as a freelance feature writer. She is a regular contributor to Live Design,a monthly magazine about entertainment design and designers. She is an expert on the not-for-profit theater in America and author of Chelsea on the Edge:The Adventures of an American Theater. This book is a major study of the economic changes in the American not-for-profit theater and the impact of these on the art produced. She has written on social and political issues as well.
The Chelsea Theater Center was a not-for-profit theater company founded in 1965 by Robert Kalfin,a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. It opened its doors in a church in the Chelsea district of Manhattan,then moved to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1968,where it was in residence for ten years.
Jordan Roth is an American theater producer. He is the president and majority owner of Jujamcyn Theaters in New York City. Roth oversees five Broadway theatres including the St. James,Al Hirschfeld,August Wilson,Eugene O'Neill,and the Walter Kerr.
Created in 1984,the Jujamcyn Theaters Award has been given over 20+ years to honor a resident theater organization that has made an outstanding contribution to the development of creative talent for the theatre. The award has been sponsored by Jujamcyn Amusement Corporation,one of the three principal organizations involved in Broadway theatre in New York. The award has included a cash prize that has varied from $50,000 to $100,000. The former owner of Jujamcyn,James H. Binger,was a primary sponsor of the award up to his death in 2004. Since his death the award has been given once,rather than the prior pattern of annual awards. Several recipients of the Jujamcyn Award have also been recognized with the Regional Theatre Tony Award. The Jujamcyn Theatres Award recipients have been the following:
Heidi Ettinger,also known by her former married name Heidi Landesman,is an American theatre producer and set designer. She studied at Occidental College and the Yale School of Drama. She was the first woman to win a Tony Award for set design,which she won for the musical Big River. She has also won the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle awards and an Obie Award.
Bernard Todd Haimes was an American artistic director. He held various roles at Roundabout Theatre Company from 1983 until his death in 2023. Haimes was recognized for rescuing the company from bankruptcy and transforming the theater into one of the most prominent and expansive nonprofit ensembles in the United States.
Jack Viertel is an American theatrical producer and writer. He was born in Stamford,Connecticut. During his 34 years at Jujamcyn Theaters from 1987 to 2021,he occupied positions including Creative Director and Senior Vice President. He was "conceiver of the longest running musical revue in Broadway history,Smokey Joe's Cafe,conceived the critically acclaimed After Midnight, and served as the dramaturg for Hairspray. The musical and movie The Prom were developed from his original concept."
