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Bay Street Theatre was
pleased to present Curtain Up!, Bay Street’s Third Annual
Spring Benefit honoring Bonnie Comley and Stewart F. Lane,
and Pia and Jimmy Zankel at Joe’s Pub in New York City on
May 12. Bay Street’s third honors event was hosted by the
new Artistic Director, Scott Schwartz. The program included
a tribute to the honorees as well as a taste from each of
this summer's productions with some of the artists involved
including Richard Kind and Robert Cuccioli. American Idol
and Tony nominated Constantine Maroulis showed support for
Bay Street and honored his Jekyll & Hyde producers, Stewart
and Bonnie, by presenting them with the 2014 Visionaries
Award.
"Our honorees truly represent the best of what it means to
be supporters of the arts," says Tracy Mitchell, Executive
Director of Bay Street Theatre. "Pia Zankel, a committed
member of Bay Street’s Board of Trustees, and her husband
Jimmy Zankel bring a true love of the arts, both theater and
music, and a philanthropic spirit to all they do. Like them,
Bonnie Comley and Stewart F. Lane, Tony and Olivier
award-winning producers, writers and performers, also bring
a similar support and we could not do it without these four
incredible people. Their generous support of fellow artists
and theatres like ours, impacts audiences everywhere, from
regional theaters to Broadway. All four of these generous
honorees give back to the community in so very many ways."
As part of Scott Schwartz’s commitment to inaugurating a new
vision for Bay Street, the Spring Honors Benefit featured a
preview of the exciting 2014 summer Mainstage season of ‘Art
& Revolution’, featuring presentations and performances by
the stars and creators of the new productions, which include
CONVICTION, a World Premiere modern drama written by Carey
Crim, to be directed by Scott Schwartz; TRAVESTIES, a Tony
award winning comedy classic by Tom Stoppard, directed by
Gregory Boyd and starring Richard Kind; and MY LIFE IS A
MUSICAL, another world premiere with book, music and lyrics
by Adam Overett, to be directed and choreographed by Marlo
Hunter.
The evening focused on the exciting new artistic season that
Schwartz has planned for Bay Street’s summer season. "At its
core," says Schwartz, "I believe theater is a social art
form, and that a theater company is most vital when it is a
focal point for its community. I am excited to bring the
best and brightest theater artists working today to Bay
Street, and I am delighted to showcase our new season at
this benefit paying tribute to our very artistic honorees
for all that they do for the theater."
Bay Street Theatre is a year-round, not-for-profit
professional theater and community cultural center which
endeavors to innovate, educate, and entertain a diverse
community through the practice of the performing arts. We
serve as a social and cultural gathering place, an
educational resource, and a home for a community of artists.
For more information, visit
www.baystreet.org
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