Trophy Life               Then again, maybe not. Fagen has an
unusual strategy for battling nepotism and possible abuses of
adjudicating power. "Just in case anyone's trying to be
vindictive," she says, "we throw out all the really low scores."
(What that bizarre tactic does is spotlight a few productions
that are nominated repeatedly, while many worthwhile shows and
performers are completely overlooked.) "We also have the judges
fill out a form every year where they can tell us if they have a
conflict of interest with any company. And the theater companies
are given lists of adjudicators, so they can prevent anyone from
judging their shows who they perceive as having a conflict."
Jack is gleeful when I tell him about the forms. "So someone is
going to write, 'I cannot judge this show because I used to
sleep with the lead and now I hate her'? Please. Everyone who
works in theater in this town has a conflict of interest, and
most of the ariZoni judges are theater people. You figure it
out."  About the list of