Danes named Woman of the Year
The Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard University has named Claire Danes as recipient of its 2012 Woman of the Year award. The actress has played a wide range of critically acclaimed roles in television, film, and theater. The Woman of the Year festivities will begin at 3:15 p.m. on Jan. 26, when Dane will lead a parade through the streets of Cambridge. Afterward, the president of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, James Fitzpatrick ’12, and the vice president of the cast, Ryan Halprin ’12, will host a celebrity roast for the actress. At 5 p.m., Danes will be presented with her Pudding Pot at the newly named Farkas Hall, the Hasty Pudding’s historic home in the heart of Harvard Square since 1889. A press conference will follow the presentation. Afterward, Hasty Pudding cast members will perform several musical numbers from the group’s 164th production, “There Will Be Flood.” Danes has established herself as...