43rd Annual Theatre Library Association Book Awards Held

Theatre Library Association celebrates exceptional performing arts books and honors one of its outstanding members at the Lincoln Center ceremony being held on Friday, November 4! In addition to the award winners, the 2011 Freedley and Wall juries have designated one additional title in each category as a special jury prize winner.

**George Freedley Memorial Award**

Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro (Simon & Schuster)

The Special Jury Prize Winner is Stephen Sondheim, author of Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges,Whines and Anecdotes (Knopf)
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**Richard Wall Memorial Award**

Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille by Scott Eyman (Simon & Schuster).

The Special Jury Prize Winner is Yunte Huang, author of Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History (W.W. Norton & Company)

The awards ceremony will be highlighted by presentations from the winning authors on the research and writing of their books, followed by questions from the audience.

A TLA member will also be honored at the ceremony. A special award for Distinguished Service in Performing Arts Librarianship will be presented to Susan Brady, archivist at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

The presentation will take place promptly at 6:00 P.M. following the annual TLA business meeting at 5:30 P.M. in the Bruno Walter Auditorium of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (enter at Amsterdam and 65th Street). A champagne reception will follow.

Visit http://www.tla-online.org/awards/bookawards.html for more information on the TLA Book Awards.

For RSVPs, Please visit http://tiny.cc/TLA_Bookawards_RSVP .