The PEN American Center and The New Yorker will celebrate the life and accomplishments of Virginia Woolf on Mar. 9 at Town Hall. The writer organization, PEN, indicated that Zoe Caldwell will be "assisting" celebrity participants in the PEN/New Yorker event.
Described by one production source as a "celebration of a 20th Century literary master," the tribute comprises reflections on Woolf, both as a writer and as a woman.
Participating at Town Hall will be Eileen Atkins, Michael Cunningham, Mary Gordon, Janet Malcolm, Cynthia Ozick, David Remnick, Roxana Robin son, Fiona Shaw, Elaine Showalter, Susan Sontag and James Wood.
Tickets for the event run $10 - $15. Town Hall is located at 123 West 43rd Street. For tickets call Ticketmaster at (212) 307-4100. For information contact the PEN American Center (212) 334-1660 ext. 109.
-- By Murdoch McBride