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DIED. ELLIOT NORTON, 100, courtly, influential dean of Boston theater criticism for 50 years; in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. As critic for the Boston Post, Record American and Herald American, he reviewed more than 6,000 productions and helped shape shows that were on their way to Broadway with his perceptive critiques of their early, often rough, versions...
...very highly honored by the theater community in Boston,” said Fredric W. Wilson, curator of the Harvard Theater Collection in Pusey Library. “I don’t think anyone could say they didn’t appreciate Elliot Norton...
Wilson said Norton possessed a style of criticism that garnered him a tremendous amount of respect...
Wilson recounted a story of a play by Cole Porter, whose opening performance Norton went to see. He refused to review the show, saying that there were so many technical problems in the way of the artistry that he wasn’t sure what to make...
...Norton received many awards from the theater world, including election into the Theater Hall of Fame. He won a Tony Award in 1971, the George Jean Nathan Award in 1964 and a George Foster Peabody Award in 1962 for his television program, “Elliot Norton Reviews...