SHORT TAKES : Best in Black Theater Honored

NEW YORK — hard Wesley won best playwright honors and his drama, “The Talented Tenth,” was named best dramatic production of the year at the 17th annual AUDELCO awards for excellence in black theater.

AUDELCO--Audience Development Committee--was founded in 1973 “because there was no recognition for black theater,” said Marko Nobles, a committee spokesman.

Since then, the committee has become a recognized part of the city’s off-Broadway tradition.

Hosts for the awards presentations Monday were singer-actress Melba Moore and Cleavon Little, of “Blazing Saddles,” “I’m Not Rappaport” and a new off-Broadway play, “All God’s Dangers.”