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46-427: Tectonic Theater Project is a stage and theatre group whose plays have been performed around the world. The company is dedicated to developing works that explore theatrical language and form, fostering dialogue with audiences on the social, political, and human issues that affect society. In service to this goal, Tectonic supports readings, workshops, and full theatrical productions, as well as training for students around

92-605: A "Review Panel" which consists of the GLAAD Board co-chairs, senior GLAAD program and communications staff, and media industry experts. Members of the Review Panel are expected to view all of the nominees in each category, and the final list of award recipients is determined by the Review Panel based on the results of the online balloting and their own "expert opinions". The first Annual Awards recognized Honorees in just 7 competitive categories, all for television. Over

138-475: A contemporary musicologist wrestling to pin down the source of the composer's fascination with the simple waltz. Deciphering clues left behind in Beethoven's notebooks and letters, Katherine delves into his compositional process and daily life, finding even greater insight into her own obsession with genius. An adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ unproduced screenplay of his own short story. One Arm follows Ollie,

184-465: A new publishing house, Diabelli & Co., in 1824. Following Schubert's early death in 1828 Diabelli purchased a large portion of the composer's massive musical estate from Schubert's brother Ferdinand . As Schubert had hundreds of unpublished works, Diabelli's firm was able to publish "new" Schubert works for more than 30 years after the composer's death. Diabelli's publishing house expanded throughout his life, before he retired in 1851, leaving it under

230-432: A number of well-known Classical works, including an operetta called Adam in der Klemme , several masses , songs and numerous piano and classical guitar pieces. Numerically his guitar pieces form the largest part of his works. His pieces for piano four hands are popular. Diabelli's composition Pleasures of Youth: Six Sonatinas is a collection of six sonatinas depicting a struggle between unknown opposing forces. This

276-497: A particular category, the jury may choose to not award that category. At the end of the year, the Nominating Juries submit their list of recommended nominees to GLAAD's staff and Board of Directors for approval. In addition to media monitoring by the juries, GLAAD issues a "Call for Entries", inviting media outlets to submit their work for consideration, however, GLAAD may nominate a mainstream media project even if it

322-646: A proofreader for a music publisher. During this period he learned the music publishing business while continuing to compose. In 1809 he composed his comic opera, Adam in der Klemme. In 1817 he started a music publishing business and in 1818 he formed a partnership with Pietro Cappi to create the music publishing firm of Cappi & Diabelli. Cappi & Diabelli became well known by arranging popular pieces so they could be played by amateurs at home. A master of promotion, Diabelli selected widely-accessible music such as famous opera tune arrangements, dance music and popular new comic theatre songs. The firm soon established

368-414: A relatively "small" affair. At the 20th Annual Awards ceremony presented in 2009, GLAAD Award Honoree, Phil Donahue said of the first Annual ceremony: "It's unbelievable to think about the power and the warp speed of this revolution. Twenty years ago when I proudly accepted the first GLAAD Media Award…it was a very small crowd. There are more photographers here tonight than there were people then". For

414-413: A reputation in more serious music circles by championing the works of Franz Schubert . Diabelli recognized the composer's potential and became the first to publish Schubert's work with " Erlkönig " in 1821. Diabelli's firm continued to publish Schubert's work until 1823 when an argument between Cappi and Schubert terminated their business. The following year Diabelli and Cappi parted ways, Diabelli launching

460-490: A satin texture, plated with a nickel and rhodium finish, and mounted on a 3-inch (7.6 cm) tall, black-stained ash , trapezoidal shaped base. Nominees are selected by GLAAD "Nominating Juries" consisting of over 90 volunteers with interest and expertise in the particular category they are judging. Nominating Juries may select up to ten nominees in each category since 2015; previous presentations only allowed up to five. If no projects are deemed worthy of nomination in

506-465: A theatre that was consistently disturbed by other performances. In the early years of Tectonic, the company staged other works by writers who were experimenting with unorthodox theatrical form, like the aforementioned Samuel Beckett, Franz Xaver Kroetz , Sophie Treadwell , and Naomi Iizuka . As the company progressed, the focus of Kaufman shifted from theatrical form to societal issues, taking inspiration from Brecht's and Brechtian concepts of engaging

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552-506: A total of 27 English-language categories and 12 Spanish-language categories, however, If no projects within a category are deemed worthy of recognition, GLAAD may choose to not award the category that year. As of 2023, there are 33 competitive categories: Television Other Journalism In addition to the GLAAD Media Awards' competitive categories, special non-competitive "Honorary Awards" have also been presented since

598-647: A volume of variations on a "patriotic" waltz he had penned expressly for this purpose, with one variation by every important Austrian composer living at the time, as well as several significant non-Austrians. The combined contributions would be published in an anthology called Vaterländischer Künstlerverein . Fifty-one composers responded with pieces, including Beethoven, Schubert, Archduke Rudolph of Austria , Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (jun.), Moritz, Prince of Dietrichstein , Heinrich Eduard Josef Baron von Lannoy , Ignaz Franz Baron von Mosel , Carl Czerny , Johann Nepomuk Hummel , Ignaz Moscheles , Simon Sechter , and

644-632: A young farm boy who joins the Navy and becomes the lightweight boxing champion of the Pacific Fleet. Soon after, he loses his arm in a car accident, and turns to 'hustling' to survive. One Arm is one of Williams' character studies, taking the viewer through Ollie's personal Odyssey in a disenfranchised American underworld prior to the Second World War . In 2008, the members of Tectonic Theater Project returned to Laramie, Wyoming to explore how

690-508: Is a documentary theatre piece that uses the album itself, interviews, and personal accounts as source material. The inaugural production was written and directed by Moisés Kaufman , and ran at the Colony Theatre from May 31, 2018 - June 3, 2018. In 2002, The Tectonic Theater Project collaborated with HBO to create the film The Laramie Project , based closely on their play of the same name. The film starred multiple cast members from

736-452: Is not submitted as part of the call for entries. GLAAD does not monitor media created by and for the LGBT community for defamation, therefore, media outlets created by and for an LGBT audience must submit in order to be considered for nomination. Candidates considered for nomination are evaluated using four criteria: "Fair, Accurate and Inclusive Representations", meaning that the diversity of

782-429: Is suggested by the sharp and frequent change in dynamics from forte to piano . When forte is indicated the pianist is meant to evoke a sense of wickedness, thus depicting the antagonist. In contrast the markings of piano represent the protagonist. The composition for which Diabelli is now best known was actually written as part of an adventuring story. In 1819, as a promotional idea, he decided to try to publish

828-424: Is the recipient of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In 1819, the fledgeling publisher Anton Diabelli commissioned 50 composers to write a variation on a waltz which he had created. Beethoven rejected the invitation, dismissing Diabelli's waltz as ordinary. He then changed his mind and created not one but 33 variations on Diabelli's theme. Kaufman's play weaves Beethoven's artistic journey with that of Katherine,

874-418: The 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard , a young gay teen. The play examined the bigotry that enabled the crime, and prompted a social dialogue and exploration of the issue underlying hate across America and wider areas. Winner of the 2004 Tony Award for Best Play and Best Actor (Jefferson Mays), I Am My Own Wife is the true story of Charlotte Von Mahlsdorf, Berlin's most famous transvestite, who survived two of

920-449: The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation in 1990 to honor the 1989 season, and were envisioned as a way to recognize various branches of the media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives. The 1st Annual Awards ceremony recognized 34 nominees in 7 competitive categories and was

966-619: The Forest uses multi-character transformation, monologues, narrative scenes, poetry, and video footage of from the era to create a representation of Robeson's life, and explore his evolution as both an artist and as an activist. The Album is a work-in-progress presented in collaboration with Miami New Drama . It focuses on an album that was delivered to the Holocaust Museum in 2008, with pictures of different Nazi officers, secretaries, and their families on vacation during World War II. It

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1012-470: The GLAAD Media Awards do not honor individual cast or crew in competitive categories for film or television performances. While many of the categories have been expanded over time, several early categories have been "merged" or phased out altogether. One notable example being the omission of the "Outstanding Daytime Drama" category in 2011, reflecting the steady decline in popularity of English-language daytime soaps . As of 2018, GLAAD considers nominations in

1058-458: The LGBT community is represented, "Boldness and Originality", meaning the project breaks new ground by exploring LGBT subject matter in non-traditional ways, "Cultural Impact", meaning the project impacts an audience that may not regularly be exposed to LGBT issues, and "Overall Quality", meaning a project of extremely high quality which adds impact and significance to the images and issues portrayed. Over 600 GLAAD Media Award voters participate in

1104-492: The LGBT community, "Boldness and Originality" of the project, significant "Cultural Impact" on mainstream culture, and "Overall Quality" of the project. Results are then certified by a "Review Panel" who determine the final list of recipients based on voting results and their own "expert opinions". The 1st GLAAD Media Awards ceremony honoring the 1989 season was held in 1990, and recognized 34 nominees in 7 competitive categories. The first GLAAD Media Awards were presented by

1150-792: The United States in their play-making techniques. The company has won a GLAAD Media Award . Tectonic Theater Project was founded in 1991 by Moisés Kaufman and his husband Jeffrey LaHoste in New York City, after Kaufman left the NYU Tisch School of the Arts . Moisés was encouraged by Arthur Bartow to start his own theatre company, as the themes he wanted to explore – namely theatre as a medium for social-political change – were not being aptly practised by existing groups. The company had challenging beginnings. Rehearsals were held in

1196-623: The apartment of the two founders and other unconventional spaces, like church basements and backrooms of bars, and performances often had very small audiences. The company's first official production was Women in Beckett, an anthology of short plays by Samuel Beckett for women, performed in the lobby of the Theater for the New City in November 1991, exploring the creation of liminal spaces in

1242-428: The audience in political discourse. The company began work on Gross Indecency in 1997, addressing Oscar Wilde's trials for the crime of sodomy. One month after the murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard , Kaufman and ten company members travelled to Laramie, Wyoming to interview people in the town torn apart by the crime. The play forged from these interviews was created collaboratively by

1288-399: The awards are presented onstage. Categories presented onstage in their respective cities are chosen to reflect the range of GLAAD's work with the media, representing a mix of entertainment, news, and Spanish-language awards. Recipients who are not announced onstage are instead announced by a listing in the ceremony's program book. The 16th Annual Awards held in 2005 were the first year that

1334-505: The ceremonies were televised, first airing on the Logo channel on July 24, 2005. Logo continued to air the telecast annually, editing together each city's respective ceremonies for each year into one annual show, as well as airing a retrospective special in 2005 titled "The Best of the GLAAD Media Awards" which documented the history of the first 15 years of the Awards. Logo ceased to televise

1380-538: The ceremony in 2008 when the Bravo network acquired exclusive broadcast rights to air the 19th Annual Awards telecast. Anton Diabelli Anton (or Antonio ) Diabelli (5 September 1781 – 8 April 1858) was an Austrian music publisher, editor and composer. Best known in his time as a publisher, he is most familiar today as the composer of the waltz on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his set of thirty-three Diabelli Variations . Diabelli

1426-481: The control of Carl Anton Spina . When Diabelli died in 1858 Spina changed the firm's name to “C.A. Spina Vormals Diabelli” and published much music by Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss . In 1872 the firm was taken over by Friedrich Schreiber and in 1876 it merged with the firm of August Cranz who bought the company in 1879 and ran it under his name. Diabelli died in Vienna at the age of 76. Diabelli composed

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1472-420: The eight-year-old Franz Liszt (although it seems Liszt was not invited personally, but his teacher Czerny arranged for him to be involved). Czerny was also enlisted to write a coda . Beethoven, however, instead of providing just one variation, provided 33, and his formed Part I of Vaterländischer Künstlerverein . They constitute what is generally regarded as one of the greatest of Beethoven's piano pieces and as

1518-644: The first Awards ceremony. Beginning with just one Honorary Award, then known as the "Special Honoree Award" presented at the first annual GLAAD Media Awards, the Honorary Awards have also been expanded to recognize the diversity of contributions of respective Honorees. The most notable of these Special Honorary Awards are: Award recipients are announced at the annual GLAAD Media Awards banquet ceremonies usually held in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco to honor achievements from January 1 to December 31 of

1564-473: The first six years, winners were announced prior to the ceremony. Beginning with the 7th Annual Awards held in 1996, the change was made to its current format, announcing the winners in competitive categories at the ceremony. The 15th Annual Awards held in 2004 marked the first year nominations were expanded to recognize media in Spanish-language categories. The 16th Annual Awards held in 2005 marked

1610-468: The first year that the ceremonies were televised, first airing on the LGBT-themed Logo channel on July 24, 2005. The original GLAAD Media Award stood approximately 6-inches (15 cm) tall, consisting of a flat, 5-inch (13 cm) square-shaped crystal sculpture with a design of five concentric circles on a "newsprint" background. The sculpture was traditionally etched with the year it

1656-405: The members of the company over a long workshop process in which the participants were encouraged to operate outside their area of specialization: actors and designers became writers and dramaturgs, directors became designers and actors, and the company uncovered a new way of creating a theatrical event, in the form of The Laramie Project . This play, written and directed by Moisés Kaufman, examines

1702-568: The most oppressive regimes of the 20th century, the Nazis and the Communists, in a dress. The play was written by Doug Wright (author of Quills) after gathering hundreds of hours of interviews with Charlotte in the early 90s. Directed by Moisés Kaufman and created using Tectonic's devised theatre technique, Moment Work, the play was workshopped at Sundance Theater Lab then transferred to Playwrights Horizons and finally to Broadway. I Am My Own Wife

1748-560: The original company and was directed by the original writer, Moisés Kaufman . The Laramie Project opened the 2002 Sundance Film Festival , and was nominated for four Emmys . The film received multiple other awards, including the GLAAD media award for outstanding television movie in 2003. GLAAD Media Award Honorees are selected by a process involving over 700 GLAAD Media Award voters and volunteers and are evaluated using four criteria: "Fair, Accurate and Inclusive Representations" of

1794-531: The previous calendar year. Over the years, ceremonies have also been held in Washington, D.C., and Miami. Each year's hosts and presenters are usually selected from former Honorees, celebrities and/or prominent public figures known for their contributions to the LGBT community. The announcement of award recipients in all competitive categories is withheld until the ceremonies. Although presented annually in three cities, time constraints dictate that not all of

1840-408: The selection of Honorees from the pool of Nominees in each category via online balloting. Voters are made up of three groups: GLAAD staff and board, GLAAD Alliance and Media Circle members, and GLAAD volunteers & allies (which include former Honorees, media industry allies, volunteers from the "Nominating Juries" and "Event Production Teams"). These results are then reviewed for certification by

1886-534: The series of events set in motion by Oscar Wilde 's 1895 libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry and his relations with the Marquess's son, Lord Alfred Douglas . The play was first performed in 1997 Off-Broadway . The Laramie Project , written and directed by Moisés Kaufman, Stephen Belber and Leigh Fondakowski, is a verbatim stage play following the aftermath in the town of Laramie, Wyoming , after

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1932-593: The town had changed since the murder of Matthew Shepard and the original play. What they found defied their expectations. The resulting piece they created was a new play about how people construct their own history. This play is the continuing story of the American town of Laramie. Tectonic Theater Project collaborated with Gotham Chamber Opera in 2010 to present Xavier Montsalvatge 's opera adaptation 'El Gato con Botas' of ( Puss in Boots ). The 70-minute opera/puppet show

1978-410: The years, the competitive categories have been expanded to recognize various other branches of the media including, film, theatre, music, print media, digital media, and advertising, as well as establishing additional categories recognizing Spanish-language media and a "Special Recognition" category for media representations that may not meet the criteria of pre-existing categories. Unlike similar awards,

2024-760: Was born in Mattsee in Austria, then in the Archbishopric of Salzburg . A musical child, he sang in the boys' choir at Salzburg Cathedral where he is believed to have taken music lessons with Michael Haydn . By the age of 19 Diabelli had already composed several important compositions including six masses. Diabelli was trained to enter the priesthood and in 1800 joined the monastery at Raitenhaslach, Bavaria . He remained there until 1803, when Bavaria closed all its monasteries. In 1803 Diabelli moved to Vienna and began teaching piano and guitar and found work as

2070-429: Was directed by Moisés Kaufman , and conducted by Neal Goren, founder of Gotham Chamber Opera . The Tallest Tree in the Forest is a docudrama that explores both the private and public life of Paul Robeson , a singer, actor, and civil rights campaigner who was a prominent figure in the 1920s to 1940s. Robeson lost popularity in the late 1940s after being accused of supporting communist organisations. The Tallest Tree in

2116-445: Was presented followed by the words "GLAAD Media Award" and was mounted perpendicular to its flat, quadrant shaped base. The award remained unchanged until 2009, when an all new statuette designed by David Moritz of Society Awards was unveiled for the 20th annual GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies. The current statuette stands 12-inches (30.5 cm) tall, consisting of a 9-inch (23 cm) die-cast zinc sculpture, hand finished with

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