Elliot Norton Awards

The Elliot Norton Awards are for the best services at theaters in and around Boston, United States, awarded annually.

The award ceremony evolved from the Norton Medal, which was first awarded in 1983. The award bears the name of longtime Boston theater critic Elliot Norton (1903-2003), a graduate of Boston Latin School ( Graduation year 1922), who had retired in 1982 after 48 years as a critic. In addition to the presentation of awards for the best performances, plays and actors as well as the personnel Elliot awards include a Lifetime Achievement Award ( award for lifetime achievement ), and the price for Norton Sustained Excellence.

The prices are, in a ceremony that will be hosted by a guest of honor, awarded annually by the Boston Theater Critics Association, which awards the prize. Guests of honor were already present among other things, Edward Albee, Julie Harris, Ian McKellen, Al Pacino, Jason Robards and August Wilson.