Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about WRITERS THEATRE!
Writers Theatre’s Michael Halberstam to Receive Special Honor at 2016 Jeff Awards: The Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee will pay tribute to Michael Halberstam at the 2016 Equity Jeff Awards Ceremony on Monday, October 17. The Artistic Director of Writers Theatre since its inception in 1992 is being honored for outstanding theatrical accomplishments and contributions to Chicagoland theatre for the past 25 years.
‘Arcadia’ brims with intelligence in Writers’ bright new house: Theater review: You don’t open a $28 million theater, as designed by Jeanne Gang, every day of the week. And thus Writers Theatre in Glencoe has called in an A team of Chicago actors for its first production there, Tom Stoppard’s "Arcadia." 3 stars.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Writers Theatre opened its first venue in the ante-room of a newly opened bookstore in Glencoe . the company has produced more than 100 productions, including more than 20 world premieres . in 2007, Writers Theatre debuted nationally with a new york premiere of Crime and Punishment . the company has received more than 30 subsequent regional theater productions . in 2011, Lincoln Center Theater produced another work that began at Write the company plays to a sold-out audience of more than 50,000 patrons each season . it has garnered numerous awards and accolades, including 113 Joseph Jefferson Award nominations . artistic director Michael Halberstam
