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61st Annual Awards--2010-11 Season
Outer Critics Circle is the organization of
writers covering New York theatre
for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and
other media beyond Broadway.
RELEASES:
Nominations
Presenter Release
Mark Your Calendar---Important 2011 Dates!
* Cut-off date for Outer
Critics Circle nominations: Saturday April 23
* Nominations announced at the Algonquin Hotel on Tuesday
April 26 at 11:00 AM.
* Winners announced on Monday May 16th.
* 61st annual awards dinner - Sardi's on Thursday May
26th. 4 to 7 PM.
Links:
www.outercriticscircle.org
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HISTORY
Founded in the Broadway season of 1949-50, as the Outer
Circle, this group under the leadership of John Gassner
(1903 - 1967), widely known and respected as a
theater-reviewer essayist, dramaturg and professor of
theater, later became the Outer Critics Circle. The
impetus was the recognition of Gassner and other
critic-colleagues writing for academic and
special-interest journals that they had no forum where
they could meet to discuss the theater in general and
current New York seasons in particular. OCC's creation was
also a reaction to the already prestigious New York Drama
Critics Circle, whose invitational membership was composed
of first-string critics from Manhattan's major newspapers
and national publications. The OCC founders recognized the
importance of including Off-Broadway with Broadway at
awards-time. The "Management Team" was succeeded by OCC
President Marjorie Gunner, who guided the group for 25
years before retiring in 2004. She was succeeded by Aubrey
Reuben. Currently, Simon Saltzman, a New Jersey-based
theater critic, is the Acting President. OCC currently has
100 members. Links:
www.outercriticscircle.org
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