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...self-indulgent. Having directed numerous plays, Birnbaum knows how it feels to work on the other side of the curtain. “When I’m the director, I’m powerful because I’m the outside eye,” says Birnbaum, quoting award-winning director JoAnne Akalaitis. Because she is outside a given scene, she explains, she can tell the actors—divas or no—how they can make it better. Considering Birnbaum’s unqualified fondness for the people in the theater community, however, perhaps divas simply don?...
...years ago, few would have guessed that the star of a middle school production of the parody “Herlock Shomes” would go on to have an impressive college acting career. But Hoagland is a winner of this year’s prestigious Jonathan Levy Award, which is given by the Office for the Arts at Harvard to “the most promising undergraduate actor at Harvard College.” He is co-recipient of the award, alongside Josh M. Brener ’07. Hoagland began acting...
...Transmigration of Souls,” a piece commissioned by the New York Philharmonic honoring the victims of September 11, 2001. “Suddenly everyone knew who I was, much to my embarrassment,” Adams says of his win. He adds that the award had lost much of its prestige as it was primarily given out to “academic composers” who wrote music notated for conventional orchestrations, mostly college professors.Adams cites the fact that the Pulitzers denied Duke Ellington the award for Music as grounds for how narrow the Pulitzer Committee...
...thought I’d be more interested in animation—best way to combine everything,” Salazar says.Her animated film, “Pidge,” received three nominations at the 2005 SunDeis Film Festival, held at Brandeis University. She won the award for Best Sound. She was also selected to be a student representative for the committee of the 2006 Ivy Film Festival.Salazar credits “Pidge” for truly stimulating her interest in animation, especially editing and sound. “I had done a video before that, but that animation...
...Boston Symphony Orchestra to the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra—but he is also about to make his debut this summer with the prestigious New York Philharmonic. With these impressive accomplishments under his belt, Jackiw was an easy choice for the Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts. The award recognizes exceptional artistic talent and is sponsored by the Office of the Arts (OFA). “It’s awesome. It’s an honor to be recognized by Harvard,” Jackiw says. “It’s also an honor to be included...