This evening, I'll be joining with other theatre bloggers gathering to remember and honor our friend and colleague Patrick Lee, who passed away in June.
Since this gathering, organized by SarahB (Adventures In The Endless Pursuit of Entertainment), will celebrate a man whose immense passion for the stage is something we all share, I hope you'll consider joining us tonight from 5:30 to 7:00 at Angus McIndoe (258 West 44th Street), where we'll toast our departed friend.
In a fitting tribute for the man whose yeoman efforts brought the Independent Theater Bloggers Association (ITBA) members together as its Awards Chairman, the awards are being rechristened in his memory as the "Patrick Lee Award for Excellence in the Theatre" or the "Lee."
I hope you'll consider joining us as we salute Patrick this evening.
This is Steve On Broadway (SOB).
In keeping with the new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulations that unfairly discriminate against bloggers, who are now required by law to disclose when they have received anything of value they might write about, please note that I have received nothing of value in exchange for this post.
Outstanding New Broadway Musical American Idiot - WINNER Everyday Rapture Fela!
Outstanding New Broadway Play In The Next Room (Or The Vibrator Play) Next Fall Red- WINNER Superior Donuts Time Stands Still
Outstanding Broadway Revival of a Musical Finian's Rainbow La Cage Aux Folles - WINNER A Little Night Music Ragtime
Outstanding Broadway Revival of a Play Brighton Beach Memoirs Fences Lend Me A Tenor Oleanna A View From The Bridge - WINNER
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play Circle Mirror Transformation - WINNER Clybourne Park The Orphans' Home Cycle The Temperamentals
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical Bloodsong Of Love Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson The Scottsboro Boys YANK! - WINNER
Outstanding Off-Broadway Revival (Play or Musical) The Glass Menagerie - WINNER A Lie Of The Mind Twelfth Night
Outstanding Off-Off-Broadway Show Alice In Slasherland Girls In Trouble In Fields Where They lay Lear MilkMilkLemonade Rescue Me Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History Of The Robot War The Soup Show Viral - WINNER
Outstanding Solo Show (All Venues) A Boy And His Soul - WINNER Zero Hour
Outstanding Unique Off-Off Broadway Experience Taylor Mac's The Lily's Revenge
Citation for Excellence in Off-Off Broadway Theatre Company XIV (Brooklyn)
Outstanding Ensemble Performance (All Venues) Circle Mirror Transformation - WINNER A Lie Of The Mind Twelfth Night
Citations for Excellence by Individual Performers (All Venues) Nina Arianda - Venus In Fur Kate Baldwin - Finian's Rainbow Desiree Burch - The Soup Show Rebecca Comtois - Viral Viola Davis - Fences Jon Michael Hill - Superior Donuts Douglas Hodge - La Cage Aux Folles Sarah Lemp - The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side & Happy In The Poorhouse Laura Linney - Time Stands Still Jan Maxwell - The Royal Family & Lend Me A Tenor Bobby Steggert - Ragtime & Yank! Amy Lynn Stewart - Viral
Formed in 2009 by a group of the most passionate theatre bloggers on the World Wide Web, the Independent Theater Bloggers Association (ITBA) is currently comprised of over 50 bloggers from New York and well beyond who actively write about live theatre.
The members of the association regularly blog about all aspects and all varieties of both commercial and non-profit theater, from big Broadway musicals performed in Times Square, to the most unique forms of entertainment performed off-off Broadway on the Lower East Side, as well as productions all over the country and all over the world. Collectively, we see thousands of productions, and, without being paid or prodded, we write about them.
The Association was formed out of a desire to provide structure to the quickly growing theatrical blogosphere, as well as to give new media voices a chance to recognize excellence.
I'm proud to be a member of this fledgling organization, and I'm delighted to have cast my ballot for the 2010 ITBA Awards. I may not agree with all the choices, but it just demonstrates the broad range of interest within, and for that, I'm all the more proud.
This is Steve On Broadway (SOB).
In keeping with the new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulations that unfairly discriminate against bloggers, who are now required by law to disclose when they have received anything of value they might write about, please note that I have received nothing of value in exchange for this post.
Nominations Announced For 2nd Annual Independent Theater Bloggers Association Awards
Earlier today, the slate of nominations for the 2nd Annual Independent Theater Bloggers Association (ITBA) Awards were announced. Award nominations were named for excellence in theatre on Broadway, as well as Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway.
The winners of ITBA Awards will be announced on May 20. In addition to specific show categories, ITBA winners will also include citations by individual performers from productions throughout New York City; however, the list of approximately 30 nominees is not being publicly divulged. Patrick Lee of Just Shows To Go You served as ITBA Awards Director.
The nominees include:
Outstanding New Broadway Musical American Idiot Everyday Rapture Fela!
Outstanding New Broadway Play In The Next Room (Or The Vibrator Play) Next Fall Red Superior Donuts Time Stands Still
Outstanding Broadway Revival of a Musical Finian's Rainbow La Cage Aux Folles A Little Night Music Ragtime
Outstanding Broadway Revival of a Play Brighton Beach Memoirs Fences Lend Me A Tenor Oleanna A View From The Bridge
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play Circle Mirror Transformation Clybourne Park The Orphans' Home Cycle The Temperamentals
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical Bloodsong Of Love Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson The Scottsboro Boys YANK!
Outstanding Off-Broadway Revival (Play or Musical) The Glass Menagerie A Lie Of The Mind Twelfth Night
Outstanding Off-Off-Broadway Show Alice In Slasherland Girls In Trouble In Fields Where They lay Lear MilkMilkLemonade Rescue Me Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History Of The Robot War The Soup Show Viral
Outstanding Solo Show (All Venues) A Boy And His Soul Zero Hour
Outstanding Unique Off-Off Broadway Experience Taylor Mac's The Lily's Revenge
Citation for Excellence in Off-Off Broadway Theatre Company XIV (Brooklyn)
Outstanding Ensemble Performance (All Venues) Circle Mirror Transformation A Lie Of The Mind Twelfth Night
Formed in 2009 by a group of the most passionate theatre bloggers on the World Wide Web, the Independent Theater Bloggers Association (ITBA) is currently comprised of 50 bloggers from New York and well beyond who actively write about live theatre.
The members of the association regularly blog about all aspects and all varieties of both commercial and non-profit theater, from big Broadway musicals performed in Times Square, to the most unique forms of entertainment performed off-off Broadway on the Lower East Side, as well as productions all over the country and all over the world. Collectively, they see thousands of productions, and, without being paid or prodded, they write about them.
The Association was formed out of a desire to provide structure to the quickly growing theatrical blogosphere, as well as to give new media voices a chance to recognize excellence.
I'm proud to be a member of this fledgling organization, and I'm delighted to have already cast my ballot for the 2010 ITBA Awards.
This is Steve On Broadway (SOB).
In keeping with the new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulations that unfairly discriminate against bloggers, who are now required by law to disclose when they have received anything of value they might write about, please note that I have received nothing of value in exchange for this post.
Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles Limited run extended through May 31, 2011 (Show will go on hiatus starting January 15 and reopen at Brooks Atkinson Theatre on February 8)
Rock Of Ages - Open-ended run (Show will go on hiatus starting January 9 and reopen at Helen Hayes Theatre in March)
As someone who has been involved in both politics and public relations, it's no wonder I love watching theatre. Good or bad, it's the raw energy of seeing a live performance that gets my adrenaline pumping. From the moment I saw my very first Broadway show ("Annie" in London in 1979), I was hooked. Now I see as many as 70 shows each year ranging from soaring musicals to two-hander plays. And these eyes just may be in an audience near you!
Toasting Patrick Lee
