David Cromer wins a MacArthur "Genius" grant

[TulitaPepsi]

Posted: 9/28/10 at 9:02am

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

Updated On: 9/28/10 at 09:02 AM

[xxdrewboy85xx]

Posted: 9/28/10 at 1:35pm

how exciting. He deserves it.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 9/28/10 at 1:39pm

Good for him!

[Kad]

Posted: 9/28/10 at 3:32pm

Wonderful for Mr. Cromer. Can't wait to see more of him.