The Elliot Norton Awards are presented annually to honor the best achievements in Boston -area theater. The genesis of the awards was the Norton Medal, which was first awarded in 1983 and was named after long-time theater critic Elliot Norton (1903-2003), a 1922 graduate of Boston Latin School , who had retired in 1982 after 48 years as a Boston theater critic. In addition to bestowing awards on the best theatrical productions and theatrical personnel, the Elliot Awards include a Lifetime Achievement Award and the Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence.
3-536: The awards are voted on annually by the Boston Theater Critics Association , which bestows the honors at an annual ceremony that features a guest of honor. Guests of honor have included Edward Albee , Julie Harris , Ian McKellen , Al Pacino , Jason Robards , and August Wilson . During Norton’s career, he covered more than 6000 productions over 48 years. Norton hosted “Elliot Norton Reviews” on WGBH-TV for 24 years. Norton received
6-688: A special Tony Award , the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, and the George Foster Peabody Award for “Elliot Norton Reviews.” In 1988 he was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame . He died in 2003 at the age of 100 and participated in the selection of awardees until well into his 90s. This article about a theatre award is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Boston Theater Critics Association From Misplaced Pages,
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