The sixth annual
Lavender Footlights Festival will present the first
Ovation awards to recognize those whose work has contributed
to the development of queer theater arts. The
inaugural honoree is Douglas Carter Beane for his body
of work over the past two decades, including his most
noted play, The Little Dog Laughed, which
earned a Tony nomination and won a GLAAD media award. For
the screen he wrote To Wong Foo, Thanks for
Everything! Julie Newmar and the adaptation of his
play Advice From a Caterpillar, which won the Aspen
Comedy Festival's best feature award.
Other events
during the festival include a reading of The Lost Art of
Conversation by Ted Sod, a short-film program, and
a reading of the first act of Beane's newest play,
The Nance.
The festival
takes place at the Miami Science Museum, May 31-June
1. For more information visit LavenderFootlights.org or call
(305) 433-8111. (The Advocate)
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