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Nancy Coyne, Frances and Harry Edelstein, Martha Swope and the cast of Roundabout Theatre's Big River revival are among the announced recipients of the 2004 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre. The Tony committee also announced new rules for the 2005 Awards.
The American Theatre Wing and the League of American Theatres and Producers have bestowed the 2004 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to the ensemble cast of the American Sign Language adaptation of Big River, Nancy Coyne of the Serino Coyne advertising agency, restauranteurs Frances and Harry Edelstein of the Edison Café and Vincent Sardi of Sardi’s as well as Broadway production photographer Martha Swope.
The Honors will be presented to the recipients Oct. 26 at a noon ceremony at Tavern on the Green.
Established in 1990, The Tony Honors have been presented annually by the Tony Administration Committee to "institutions, individuals and/or organizations that have demonstrated extraordinary achievement in theatre, but are not eligible in any of the established Tony Award categories." In 2003, a new tradition began whereby the Tony Honors would be announced and presented in a separate ceremony to allow the honorees their due moment.
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Huey/Paprocki is profiled in the current issue of Communication Arts, making the 7-year-old Atlanta independent one of only four agencies that the magazine has featured this year.
The eight-page profile includes in-depth interviews with agency co-founders Ron Huey and Joe Paprocki, and samples of the shop's print and television work. The ads reproduced in the publication include campaigns for the Atlanta History Center, Mizuno Golf, the Do-It-Yourself Network, the Cartoon Network and the Sierra Club.
The magazine describes Huey/Paprocki as "one of, if not the, preeminent creative shop in Atlanta."
The partners share the title of creative director. Huey is a copywriter and has worked at shops such as Saatchi & Saatchi in Los Angeles and The Martin Agency in Richmond, Va., on accounts like Lexus and Mercedes-Benz.
Paprocki is an art director and previously worked at Fallon McElligott in Minneapolis, where he was part of the teams that worked on the Purina, Nikon and Lee Jeans accounts.
"This profile is a major achievement for a creatively focused ad agency," Paprocki said. "We feel honored to be in the same company as other great creative ad agencies who were profiled in their early years, including Wieden + Kennedy, Fallon, Goodby and Crispin Porter."
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From Sunday, visitors to the gallery will enter the building from Trafalgar Square and St Martin's Place.
The Sir Paul Getty Entrance - on the north side of the square - takes people directly into the newly refurbished Central Hall.
The hall - which used to be a shop - is now home to eight paintings from the Italian Renaissance.
Gallery executives hope it will make the institution more open and welcoming.
The Sir Paul Getty Entrance - so-called following a £10m donation from the family foundation - leads into an atrium and a grand staircase against a black marble wall which takes visitors through to the hall.
The hall was originally designed to be a picture gallery but during the last 30 years has been a shop and later a "hybrid space", said the gallery's director Charles Saumarez Smith.
Susan Foister, the gallery's director of collections, said they had thought "long and hard" about which works to display in the Central Hall.
She said they decided on the likes of Titian's The Vendramin Family as well as other works by his contemporaries because "the British people love art from the Italian Renaissance".
The other entrance leads into the expanded and refurbished cafe from St Martin's Place.
An additional £4.5m is still needed to complete the second phase of the redevelopment project, which includes knocking down the two dividing w
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Lamberson Hall is now the name of the William and Mary building housing the Muscarelle Museum of Art. The building was dedicated in honor of Ralph and Doris Piper Lamberson.
The late couple were long-time supporters of the museum. Most recently the Lamberson Estate bequeathed $4 million dollars to the Doris and Ralph Lamberson Endowment Fund for the museum after the passing of Doris Lamberson in 2002 and Ralph Lamberson in 1997.
'The Lambersons' extraordinary bequest secures the future success of the Muscarelle, which they loved and served with an uncommon devotion,' said William and Mary President Timothy J. Sullivan. 'We are privileged to recognize their friendship by naming the building in their memory.'
'Their (the Lambersons') goal was to spread the love of art,' said Judge William Person, executor of the Lamberson Estate and family friend. 'The Muscarelle became their number one focus. They promoted the museum to the College and to the community.'
The Lambersons came to Williamsburg in 1978 and immediately became involved with the College and the Muscarelle Museum; both were founding donors of the museum. Avid art collectors, they donated both money and art to the museum. In the years prior to 2002, the Lambersons donated more than $1 million to the museum. Included in the most recent bequest was a
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What would a pet mutant that was brought to Earth in a spaceship during the 1950s look like? Just ask Cortney Skinner of Waynesboro, who designed an 8-foot mutant monster for the sci-fi spoof "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra."
Skinner is thrilled to see his name on both the movie poster and credits for this Tri-Star Picture film.
"I'm listed as the mutant designer; that was cool," he said. Skinner also designed the ray gun and several other props and make-believe memorabilia for the low-budget movie and just-released DVD.
Rolling Stone magazine gave Skinner an honorable mention for his work on the movie.
"The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra" was shot in 1999, then picked up by a major motion picture company and released in February.
"The mutant resembled an ear of corn, except it's green, or better yet, a partially peeled banana with feet coming out of the bottom," said Skinner, who also used three toilet tank float balls for the eyes and "lots of drapes and Velcro over painter's coveralls" for the body.
Trained as an illustrator, Skinner worked on the film, "Johnny Spade's Greatest Hits," which also was written and directed by Larry Blamire. In that film, he designed 11 LP record jackets and one eight-track cover. "It's so much fun to work on these films," Skinner said.
Skinner grew up in the Boston area and
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