Theatreworks USA hosted its 50th Anniversary Celebration gala last night, February 12, 2012 at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
Broadway legend and Tony Award winner Elaine Stritch appeared as the Special Guest Performer for the gala, which also featured appearances from Special Guest Presenters Kathleen Chalfant, Nathan Lane and Sara Ramirez.
BroadwayWorld was on hand and brings you photo coverage below!
Hosted by Charles Busch and Julie Halston, Theatreworks USA's 50th Anniversary Celebration also featured performances from Randy Aaron; Jill Abramowitz; The Book of Mormon cast members Jared Gertner and Nic Rouleau; Brad "Gorilla" Carbone; Matt Castle; Ryan Duncan; Mary Faber; Forever Plaid cast members Bradley Beahen, Frank Galgano, Robb Sapp and Jim Walton; Hudson Flynn; Ann Harada; Sheldon and Margery Harnick; Rose Hemingway; Gwen Hollander; Jamie LaVerdiere; Ian Niederhoffer; Brad Oscar; John Tartaglia; Alan W. Taylor and the Just Off-Broadway Youth Ensemble.
The 50th Anniversary Celebration gala honored five individuals whose longtime professional contributions to Theatreworks USA have helped to shape the organization's impressive five-decades-long history of producing top-quality professional theatre for young audiences.
Honorees included four-time Tony Award-winning director Jerry Zaks; George Forbes, Executive Director of the Lucille Lortel Foundation and President of the Off-Broadway Theatre League; Betty Jacobs, longtime Theatreworks USA Board and Founding Circle Member; Theatreworks USA Marketing Director Barbara Sandek; and NYC Department of Youth & Community Development Comissioner Jeanne Mullgrav.
The event was co-chaired by Sheldon Harnick (Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner), Julie Halpin Anderson (Theatreworks USA Board Chair) and Tony Phelan ("Grey's Anatomy" Executive Producer).
All proceeds from the Celebration support the productions and programs of Theatreworks USA, a not-for-profit educational and artistic corporation.
For more information, visit www.twusa.org.
Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski
Jared Gertner, Nic Rouleau
Sheldon Harnick, Margery Harnick
Judy Prince, Charles Hull, Sonia Drossner
Judy Prince, Charles Hull, Sonia Drossner
Jerry Zaks
Andrea Burns, Peter Flynn, and son
Kathleen Chalfant
Kathleen Chalfant
Betty Jacobs, Joe Benincasa
Larry O'Keefe, Nelle Benjamin
Jefferson Westwood, Barbara Sandek
Joe Iconis
Brad Oscar and Diego
Devanand Janki, Robert Tatad
Devanand Janki, Barbara Pasternack, Robert Tatad
Tony Phelan, Barbara Pasternack
George Forbes
Julie Halston, Charles Busch
Elaine Stritch
Hunter Ryan Herdlicka
Sara Ramirez
Sara Ramirez, Tony Phelan
Jamie LaVerdiere
Ryan Duncan
John Tartaglia
Tony LoBianco, Jamie deRoy
Barbara Pasternack, Stuart Ross
Ann Harada, Zina Goldrich, Gwen Hollander, Jill Abramowitz, Brad Alexander
Matt Castle, Jill Abramowitz, Brad Alexander
Ian Niederhoffer
Bradley Beahen, Frank Galagno, Rob Sapp, Jim Walton
Richard Kind
