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The Drama League of New York's 33rd annual Benefit Gala took
place on Monday evening, November 7, 2016 at The Plaza (768
Fifth Avenue) in New York City. This year,
David Hyde Pierce.
a titan of stage and screen, the Tony® and
Emmy® Award-winner, was
honored.
Exclusive and elegant, this once-in-a-century black-tie gala
featured a cocktail reception, a silent auction, a
specially-crafted three-course meal, and a fully-staged
musical tribute to Mr. Pierce. Featuried were acclaimed
performers from Broadway, the West End, and Hollywood, funds
raised by The Drama League Benefit Gala will support The
Drama League’s educational initiatives for promising young
artists, including the award-winning Directors Project. .
The Drama League Benefit
Gala helps to raise funds to support the
educational training programs of The Drama League Directors
Project. The award-winning initiative, which began in 1982
and whose alumni now number over 300, has been instrumental
in launching the careers of Tony® Award
winners Sam Gold (Fun
Home, The Glass
Menagerie), Diane
Paulus (Waitress),
Pam MacKinnon (Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Amélie),
Michael Mayer (Hedwig
and the Angry Inch, Burn
This), and John Rando (On
The Town); Tony
Award nominees Mark Brokaw (Heisenberg), Christopher
Ashley (Come From
Away), Moritz von
Steulpnagel (Hand to
God) and Alex
Timbers (Bloody
Bloody Andrew Jackson); and OBIE and Emmy Award
winners Rachel Chavkin (Natasha,
Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812), Lear
deBessonet, R.J. Cutler, and Anne
Kaufmann (A Life), to
name a few. ‘Drama League Directors’ have been honored with
Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Obie, Peabody, Drama Desk, GLAAD, Drama
League, New York Drama Critics Circle, Outer Critics,
Evening Standard, Lucille Lortel, Bessie, Princess Grace,
Garland, Drama-Logue, Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Elliot Norton,
and Joseph Jefferson Awards, and have directed films and
plays that received Academy Award nominations and the
Pulitzer Prize for Drama. |
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The Drama League of New York, since 1916, has been at the
forefront of the American Theatre community, providing
talent, audiences, and prosperous support. It is one of the
nation’s oldest continuously-operating, not-for-profit arts
advocacy and education organizations. Through its programs,
initiatives and events, The Drama League serves over 3,000
artists and 15,000 audience members each season with over
150 events and programs.
The 2016 Gala Chairpersons were: Anna
May Feige and Stan
Ponte, with vice-chairs Rebecca
A. Gillan, Kathy Henderson, Mary Jain, Kari Nettles, Joseph and Lauren
Pizza, Resolution Life, Elaine C. and W.
Weldon Wilson, and Nadine
Wong. |