Henry Hewes (critic)

Henry Hewes was an American theater writer who worked as the drama critic for the Saturday Review weekly literary magazine from 1955 to 1979. He was the first major critic to regularly review regional and international theater. His interest in regional theater led him to found the American Theater Critics Association, the Tony Award for regional theater, and the American Theater Wing's design award, now called the Hewes Award. In 2002, he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. ^{Henry Hewes, American theater writer (d. 2006)}

9 April 1917

Born on the same birth date (9 April 1917): Brad Dexter • Johannes Bobrowski • Ron Burgess (footballer)

Born on the same birth day (9 April): Al-Muqtafi • Arthur Shaw (footballer, born 1924) • David Webb (footballer) • Frank King (cartoonist) • Jorge Andrade • Luciano Galletti • Paulina Porizkova • Ryan Williams (running back) • Tom Lehrer • Yamina Benguigui • Óscar Razo

Born in the same month (April 1917): Bill Clements • Brad Dexter • Celeste Holm • David Westheimer • Ella Fitzgerald • Frans Gommers • Grigori Kuzmin • Hans Conried • Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri • Johannes Bobrowski • Lloyd Bott • Maya Deren • Melville Shavelson • R. G. Armstrong • Robert Bloch • Robert Cornthwaite (actor) • Robert Orville Anderson • Sidney Nolan • Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli • Vinoo Mankad • Winifred Asprey