Tony and Drama League
Award winners Christine
Ebersole and Donna
Murphy will host The
Drama League's annual
all-star gala, "A
MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF
BROADWAY." This year's
black-tie event, will be
held at New York City's
famed Rainbow Room and
will honor Broadway
producers Stewart F.
Lane and Bonnie Comley
as well as the 25th
Anniversary of The Drama
League
Directors Project.
Gala honorees Stewart
Lane and Bonnie Comley
have produced many shows
on Broadway, including
recent productions of
Sunday in the Park with
George, Legally Blonde,
The 39 Steps, Cyrano de
Bergerac and the
upcoming revival of
American Buffalo..
Stewart Lane's Tony
Award-winning producing
efforts include
Thoroughly Modern
Millie, The Will Rogers
Follies and La Cage Aux
Folles. Together, Lane
and Comley produced the
Tony Award winning Jay
Johnson : The Two &
Only.
This year, the show will
include performances
highlighting the careers
of Lane and Comley, as
well as past Broadway
productions helmed by
alumni of The Drama
League Directors
Project. Directed
byJohanna McKeon and
Roger Danforth, and
choreographed by Tony
Award winner Cady
Huffman , "A MUSICAL
CELEBRATION OF BROADWAY"
is written by Stephen
Cole, and features
musical direction by
David Krane.
The festive evening will
begin at 7 p.m. with a
cocktail reception and
silent auction/raffle,
where guests can take in
the spectacular views of
Manhattan. The evening
continues at 8 p.m. with
an elegant seated dinner
in the main dining room,
followed by the
performance.
The gala also celebrates
the 25th Anniversary of
The Drama League
Directors Project, the
nation's leading career
development program for
early and mid-career
theatre directors.
Founded by former Drama
League President Julia
Hansen , The Directors
Project is aimed at
identifying and helping
young, talented
directors to bridge the
gap between academic
training and
professional success.
All proceeds from "A
MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF
BROADWAY" support The
Drama League, which was
founded in 1916 as an
association of theatre
professionals and
patrons dedicated to
encouraging the finest
in professional theatre
and has since then
developed into the
theatre's premiere
service organization.
Tickets for "A MUSICAL
CELEBRATION OF BROADWAY"
are $900-$2,500. Tables
of ten are available
from $8,500-$25,000.
To arrange tickets or
for any additional
information about The
Drama League, please
call Roger Calderon,
Development Office for
Special Events, at
(212) 244-9494, ext. 5.
For more information, please visit:
www.dramaleague.org