Hasty Pudding (theater company)

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The Hasty Pudding Theatricals ( Pudding for short) is a student theater company (founded in 1795 ) at Harvard University , known for its burlesque musicals and for its status as the oldest college theater organization in the United States . They perform musicals that have been written and composed by the course participants and that have almost achieved professional status.

The pudding had its first premiere on December 13, 1844 with Bombastes Furioso . Every year a new production was set up, with two exceptions, during the First and Second World Wars . Members of the Hasty Pudding Theatrical included Theodore Roosevelt , Franklin Delano Roosevelt , JP Morgan , Oliver Wendell Holmes , William Randolph Hearst , Jack Lemmon , Alan Jay Lerner , Andy Borowitz and William Weld . After only men were allowed as actors until 2018, i.e. the female roles were also played by men - with women taking part in the productions as authors, composers, in the orchestra and as administrative assistants - the theater group will also accept women from 2019. Each spring, the Theatricals holds a five-week performance period in Cambridge , Massachusetts , and then travels to New York City and Bermuda .

The name is derived from a traditional British dish, hasty pudding . It is a kind of porridge made from cereal flour with molasses , honey or other ingredients. It's called Hasty because it's cheap and quick to make. This dessert is traditionally served at dinner at all Hasty Pudding Theatricals banquets.

Members of the Hasty Pudding Theatrical often make it to the top of the theatrical landscape as writers , directors, and actors in theater , film, and television .

The society is known for its annual selection of famous actors as Woman of the Year (since 1951) and Man of the Year (since 1967).

Man and Woman of the Year

The Hasty Pudding Lobby (2013)
year Woman of the Year Man of the Year
1951 Gertrude Lawrence
1952 Barbara Bel Geddes
1953 Mamie Eisenhower
1954 Shirley Booth
1955 Debbie Reynolds
1956 Peggy Ann Garner
1957 Carroll Baker
1958 Katharine Hepburn
1959 Joanne Woodward
1960 Carol Lawrence
1961 Jane Fonda
1962 Piper Laurie
1963 Shirley MacLaine
1964 Rosalind Russell
1965 Lee Remick
1966 Ethel Merman
1967 Lauren Bacall Bob Hope
1968 Angela Lansbury Paul Newman
1969 Carol Burnett Bill Cosby
1970 Dionne Warwick Robert Redford
1971 Carol Channing James Stewart
1972 Ruby Keeler Dustin Hoffman
1973 Liza Minnelli Jack Lemmon
1974 Faye Dunaway Peter Falk
1975 Valerie Harper Warren Beatty
1976 Bette Midler Robert Blake
1977 Elizabeth Taylor Johnny Carson
1978 Beverly Sills Richard Dreyfuss
1979 Candice Mountains Robert De Niro
1980 Meryl Streep Alan Alda
1981 Mary Tyler Moore John Travolta
1982 Ella Fitzgerald James Cagney
1983 Julie Andrews Steven Spielberg
1984 Joan Rivers Sean Connery
1985 Cher Bill Murray
1986 Sally Field Sylvester Stallone
1987 Bernadette Peters Mikhail Baryshnikov
1988 Lucille Ball Steve Martin
1989 Kathleen Turner Robin Williams
1990 Glenn Close Kevin Costner
1991 Diane Keaton Clint Eastwood
1992 Jodie Foster Michael Douglas
1993 Whoopi Goldberg Chevy Chase
1994 Meg Ryan Tom Cruise
1995 Michelle Pfeiffer Tom Hanks
1996 Susan Sarandon Harrison Ford
1997 Julia Roberts Mel Gibson
1998 Sigourney Weaver Kevin Kline
1999 Goldie Hawn Samuel L. Jackson
2000 Jamie Lee Curtis Billy Crystal
2001 Drew Barrymore Anthony Hopkins
2002 Sarah Jessica Parker Bruce Willis
2003 Anjelica Huston Martin Scorsese
2004 Sandra Bullock Robert Downey Jr.
2005 Catherine Zeta-Jones Tim Robbins
2006 Halle Berry Richard Gere
2007 Scarlett Johansson Ben Stiller
2008 Charlize Theron Christopher Walken
2009 Renée Zellweger James Franco
2010 Anne Hathaway Justin Timberlake
2011 Julianne Moore Jay Leno
2012 Claire Danes Jason Segel
2013 Marion Cotillard Kiefer Sutherland
2014 Helen Mirren Neil Patrick Harris
2015 Amy Poehler Chris Pratt
2016 Kerry Washington Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2017 Octavia Spencer Ryan Reynolds
2018 Mila Kunis Paul Rudd
2019 Bryce Dallas Howard Milo Ventimiglia

Web links

Commons : Hasty Pudding Club  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Harvard theater group allows women in future , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on January 26, 2018