Tomorrow afternoon, Clare Danes will receive the prestigious pudding pot and be named the 2012 Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the year. Those outside of the Boston area and not in theater may not be aware of this award which each year draws famous actors to Cambridge where they are teased (all in good fun) about bad roles then paraded down through Harvard Square.
Hasty Pudding Theatricals have presented their unique brand of student-written theater every year since 1844, the only exceptions being for World Wars I and II. This long running theater group of Harvard University has a distinguished list of male and female actors who have received the prestigious pudding pot.
Past female actors who have received this award include: 2011 – Julianne Moore, 2010 – Anne Hathaway, 2009 – Rene Zellweger, 2008 – Charlize Theron, 2007 Scarlett Johansson and many more. You can see the full list here.
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