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...many undergraduates, regardless of their concentration.”One of the weekend’s main attractions was the 2006 Harvard Arts Medal ceremony, where the former-choir-boy-turned-savage-satirist Christopher F. Durang ’71 was honored with the prize. Following the ceremony, John Lithgow ’67, who was last year’s commencement speaker and founded the Arts First program, led a conversation with Durang in front of a sold out audience at the Agassiz Theater. As Summers introduced the controversial playwright, he noted that both he and Durang shared...
...that special.’”It would seem that the Harvard community has come to disagree with that assessment of the playwright. Durang says he was “very surprised” and “flattered” when John A. Lithgow ’67—who acted in Durang’s 1982 “Beyond Therapy”—called to inform him that he’d been selected for the Arts Medal.AWARDS GALORESince graduating, Durang has won three Obie Awards, received a Tony Award nomination...
...Harvard Law School class of 2006 and a former Crimson editor. “I’m sure he’ll have some interesting insights to share from his front-row seat on the stage of presidential election history,” he said. John Lithgow ’67 gave last year’s Commencement address. He was preceded by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in 2004 and Ernesto Zedillo, former president of Mexico, in 2003. —Staff writer Alexandra C. Bell can be reached at acbell@fas.harvard.edu...
...performances in the 1970s, which only increased the play’s popular appeal, according to Megan. “It’s comical, but not so comfortable,” Megan said of Durang’s style. After the medal ceremony, actor John A. Lithgow ’67, who performed in Durang’s 1982 Broadway show “Beyond Therapy,” will lead a discussion with the playwright. The talk will focus on Durang’s artistic ideas, influences, creative process, and the honoree will also be taking questions from...
...glass of warm, flat, seltzer. But what a difference a few pop cultural references make. Menschiness has suddenly become cool. Desperate husband Carlos on Desperate Housewives described his parole officer as one, while the term came up in an episode of the generally un-menschy ?Jake in Progress.? John Lithgow was just singing about them on Broadway in ?Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.? And a guest on Oprah even described her as ?Mensch of the Year? last month for admitting her mistake in initially defending fact-challenged best-selling author James Frey. Just in time for Valentine?s Day, TIME Correspondent Wendy...