
Congrats to the new director of YANK! :) He is one of 23 outstanding indiviuduals in the arts and sciences who will recieve $100,000 a year for five years - with no strings attached.
Another winner, David Cromer, 45, is a theater director and actor recognized for his work Off-Broadway and for revivals of classics, including a long-running revival of OUR TOWN at the Barrow Street Theater in New York. Mr. Cromer, also a New Yorker, said the grant would allow him to take artistic risks.
“It robs me of my greatest excuse for everything — I’m broke,” Mr. Cromer said of his award.
MacArthur Grant Winners
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Updated On: 9/28/10 at 09:02 AM