THEATER! MORE NORTIES!!!

COULDN’T RESIST! A few more pics at the FAB AFTER PARTY following the 2026 ELLIOT NORTON AWARDS held on Monday night June 1 presented by the BOSTON THEATER CRITICS ASSOCIATION at the HUNTINGTON THEATRE honoring the OUTSTANDING work of this past THEATER SEASON!

We swanned around with Paul Melendy (now appearing in IRMA VEP at Central Square Theater!) whose Lead Performance in FEATHERBABY at Greater Boston Stage Company earned him a NORTIE! Next to him is the elegant Chris Ehlers VP of the BTCA along with BTCA Nominating Committee member Alison Trude and her wife Ada Korman in a dueling sartorial nod to one of the most anticipated shows of the season: the American Repertory Theater’s world premiere production of BLACK SWAN! Am seeing it tonight!!

WATCH our spectacular OPENING VIDEO HERE which kicked off the whole show featuring the entire slate of this season’s glorious nominees!

Nortie Awardee Paul Melendy; BTCA President Joyce Kulhawik; BTCA VP Chris Ehlers; committee member Alison Trude & wife Ada Korman

By Joyce Kulhawik|2026-06-09T17:53:29-04:00June 9th, 2026|Theater|Comments Off

About the Author: Joyce Kulhawik

Joyce Kulhawik, best known as the Emmy Award-winning arts and entertainment Anchor for CBS-Boston (WBZ-TV 1981-2008), was honored with the 2010 Governor’s Award at the N.E. Emmys for her distinguished broadcasting career. Joyce is currently President of the Boston Theater Critics Association (BTCA), a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics and appears on Boston’s local NPR station GBH radio 89.7 on THE CULTURE SHOW weekdays at 2PM. Find her reviews at JoycesChoices.com. As the first arts reporter/critic in the U.S. to appear every weeknight as part of a local TV news team, she gave journalistic stature to arts reporting, covering local and national events live from the red carpet at the Oscars, Emmys, and Grammys. Kulhawik has also co-hosted nationally syndicated movie-review programs with Roger Ebert. A three-time cancer survivor, Kulhawik testified before Congress on the 20th Anniversary of The National Cancer Act. The American Cancer Society has honored Kulhawik with its National Bronze Medal for her work. A dynamic motivational speaker on the arts, cancer survival, and women's leadership, Joyce emcees the Simmons University Leadership Conference in the US and abroad. Kulhawik received an Honorary Doctorate in Communications from Simmons University.