The Theater Hall of Fame Inc. has announced its 2023 inductees: actors Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago, Sweet Charity), Judd Hirsch (Conversations With My Father, I’m Not Rappaport), and Laurie Metcalf (Three Tall Women; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Grey House); director JoAnne Akalaitis (former Public Theater artistic director); librettist John Weidman (Pacific Overtures, Assassins); composer Maury Yeston (Nine, Grand Hotel); and, posthumously, playwright Amiri Baraka (Dutchman, A Black Mass, Home on the Range and Police).
Actor Mandy Patinkin (Evita, Sunday in the Park with George) had been announced in 2022, but was unable to attend the ceremony and will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in November.
The 52nd annual Theater Hall of Fame for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater induction ceremony, an annual invitation-only event, will be held November 6 at Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre. Five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman will host the evening, which is produced by Terry Hodge Taylor.
