The Clive Barnes Foundation announced Nov. 20 the nominees for its sixth annual Clive Barnes Awards. Broadway revival “Spring Awakening” led the pack with three of its lead actors receiving finalist recognition. Newbies Austin P. McKenzie, who plays Melchior Gabor, as well as Sandra Mae Frank and Katie Boeck—who are nominated together for their turn as Wendla Bergmann—are best theater actor nominees along with Jack Difalco of “Mercury Fur” and Dave Thomas Brown for “The Legend of Georgia McBride.” This year’s four finalists for dance are Catherine Hurlin and Gabe Stone Shayer of American Ballet Theatre, Joseph Gordon of New York City Ballet, and Jacqueline Green of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. On Jan. 11, 2016, the awards ceremony will present a $5,000 cash award to one actor and one dancer at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater. All finalists, chosen each year by a Clive Barnes Foundation selection committee of critics and performers,...
- 11/25/2015
- backstage.com
During his tenure as The New York Times’ chief theater critic, Clive Barnes could make or break a performance with one review. Yet his acuity for discovering fresh talent is, perhaps, his most lasting legacy. According to his wife, Valerie Taylor-Barnes, Barnes “could recognize young talent, and he was nearly always right”—including being the first critic to note newcomer Mikhail Baryshnikov and one of the first to embrace the work of David Mamet. Barnes was also a valuable mentor to many young performers who were first learning to navigate the industry. “When he died, I had an enormous amount of letters telling me how much he’d helped and encouraged people at the beginning of their careers,” said Taylor-Barnes. It was in that tradition that, after Barnes’ death in 2008, Taylor-Barnes created the Clive Barnes Foundation, an organization dedicated to the acknowledgement and reward of up-and-coming New York talent in theater and dance.
- 11/13/2013
- backstage.com
New York City’s theater world is home to many awards honoring stage veterans, but the Clive Barnes Award seeks to recognize the accomplishments of theater’s newest stars. With the awards ceremony slated for the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center on Monday, Dec. 10, the 2012 Clive Barnes Award nominees in the acting category include Joaquina Kalukango, Derek Klena, Rob McClure, and Stephen Tyrone Williams. For dance, the contenders are the New York City Ballet’s Lauren Lovette and Steven Melendez, and Dance Theater of Harlem’s Ashley Murphy. The winners will be announced during the ceremony and New York Post theater writer Michael Reidel will serve as host for the evening. This year’s presenters include Paloma Herrera and Frederic Franklin. Named after her late husband, critic and dance writer Clive, Valerie Taylor Barnes formed the Clive Barnes Foundation in 2009. A former Royal Ballet soloist, Taylor Barnes sought to...
- 12/7/2012
- backstage.com
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