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Anika Noni Rose Joins Celebration for Lynn Nottage

Ceremonies to be held on November 8

by Josh Kurp   |   Nov 4, 2010

Anika Noni Rose Joins Celebration for Lynn Nottage

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Anika Noni Rose, who won a Tony for her role in Caroline, or Change, has joined the lineup to pay tribute to playwright Lynn Nottage, recipient of the 2010 Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award. Presented by the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the award honors the artistic achievement of an American playwright whose body of work has made significant contributions to the American theater.

Rose joins an already talented cast—the previously announced Quincy Tyler Bernstine (In the Next Room), two-time Tony Award-winner and Oscar-nominee Viola Davis (Fences, King Hedley II), Kimberly Hébert Gregory (The Brother/Sister Plays), Russell Hornsby (Intimate Apparel) and Condola Rashad (Ruined)—who will be scenes from Nottage’s work, including Ruined, Intimate Apparel and a preview of her upcoming By the Way, Meet Vera Stark.

The Mimi Awards will be presented on Monday, November 8, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 W. 65th St.).