The Theater Union of Romania — UNITER — has this year celebrated the best actors and directors of the year 2017 in the Transylvanian city of Alba Iulia, in central Romania. This particular choice of venue is owed to the fact that Alba Carolina Citadel is the symbol of the Great Union of the Romanian historical provinces, which took place 100 years ago. The award for best performance in 2017 went to \u2018Rambuku\u2019 by the Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, adapted by Anca Maniutiu and directed by Mihai Maniutiu, staged at the \u2018Mihai Eminescu\u2019 National Theatre in Timisoara.<\/p>\n
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Best director was designated the Russian Yuri Kordonsky, for the show \u2018The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and her Heartless Grandmother\u2019, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, staged by the German State Theater in Timisoara. Kordonski is a good old friend of the Romanian theater. His \u2018Uncle Vanya staged at the Bulandra Theatre in Bucharest is a landmark for the domestic dramatic art. The National Theatre in Bucharest was awarded at the UNITER Gala as well, thanks to actors Mariana Mihut and Victor Rebengiuc, who won the best actress and best actor awards respectively, for their parts in \u2018Exit the King\u2019 by Eugene Ionescu, directed by Andrei and Andreea Grosu.<\/p>\n
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The best supporting actor award was won by Zsolt Bogdan, for the part of Roy M. Cohn in the series \u2018Angels in America\u2019 by Tony Kushner, stage directed by Victor Ioan Frunza. The trophy for best supporting actress went to Ada Lupu for playing the daughter in the show \u2018Job\u2019s Butcher Shop\u2019 by Fausto Paravidino, staged by Radu Afrim at the \u2018Vasile Alecsandri\u2019 theatre in Iasi, north-eastern Romania. The best stage director award was won by Helmut Sturmer and Ioana Popescu for \u2018The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and her Heartless Grandmother\u2019, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.<\/p>\n
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The best TV drama performance was designated \u2018Midwinter Night\u2019s Dream\u2019 by Tudor Musatescu, and the best radio drama award was won by \u2018Ovid, the Pontus Euxinus Exile\u2019, based on a scrip by Emil Boroghina, an adaptation after Ovid\u2019s \u2018Tristia\u2019 and \u2018Epistulae ex Ponto\u2019, staged and directed for radio by Gavriil Pinte and produced by the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation. The award for the best Romanian play in 2017 went to Daniel Oltean, for the play \u201950 seconds\u2019. Mention should be made of the fact that Daniel Oltean is an anti-mafia prosecutor Also, UNITER handed the lifetime achievement award to actor Horatiu Malaiele, in particular for his memorable part in \u2018Uncle Vanya, staged by Kordonski at the Bulandra Theatre in Bucharest, while the UNITER President\u2019s Award went to theatre critic Marina Constantinescu, who paid homage to the recently deceased anti-communist dissident Doinea Cornea.<\/p>\n
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(Translated by M. Ignatescu<\/em>)<\/p>\n
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