Photo Coverage: NCTF & Lily Tomlin Honor Nathan Lane, Eugene Lee et al.

National Corporate Theatre Fund (NCTF) held its Annual Chairman's Awards Gala and benefit yesterday, Monday, April 19 at the St. Regis New York hotel. This year, NCTF Chairman James S. Turley, Chairman & CEO of Ernst & Young, honored Nathan Lane (currently starring on Broadway in The Addams Family), set designer Eugene Lee (Wicked) and Wells Fargo & Company. Accepting the award on behalf of Wells Fargo was Joe Kirk, Regional President for New York and Connecticut. All net proceeds of the event will be distributed as the NCTF/WELLS FARGO FUND FOR NEW AMERICAN THEATRE.

Hosted by Award-winning actress Lily Tomlin (Currently starring in FX's "Damages" and a producer of the upcoming Off-Broadway play, My Trip Down the Pink Carpet), the black-tie event featured cocktails followed by dinner, presentations and a silent auction filled.  BroadwayWorld was there to capture the arrivals.

The Gala also featured an opportunity to share in a sneak preview of an excerpt from JOHNNY BASEBALL, the new musical about the Red Sox, premiering at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA this spring. Performances begin May 14 and run through June 27. Music by Robert Reale, lyrics by Willie Reale, book by Richard Dresser, story by Richard Dresser and Willie Reale, and directed by Diane Paulus.

Co-chairs of the 2010 Chairman's Awards Gala are Elaine Stritch, Cisco Systems and Ernst & Young. The Gala Committee includes: Mitchell J. Auslander, John R. Dutt, Richard Fitzburgh, Gretchen Shugart, John Thomopoulos and Isabelle Winkles.

For more information, visit www.nctf.org.

Photo Credit: Monica Simoes

harl Brown, Paula Leggett Chase, Stephanie Umoh and Colin Donnell

Stephanie Umoh

Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane and Lily Tomlin

Eugene Lee, Joe Kirk, Nathan Lane and Liz Smith

Emily Peck, Bruce Whitacre, Robert Lynch, Jim Turley and Steve Bunson

Lois Smith

Lois Smith

Kristen Wyatt, Kaitlyn Davidson and Burke Moses

Bruce Whitacre, Michael Ritchie and Todd Shultze

Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin

Brooke Lee, Eugene Lee and Laurie Eustis

Bruce E. Whitacre, Lily Tomlin, Ron Lefferts and Milica Stojancic

Bruce Whitacre, Charles Dillingham and Marc Shaiman

Marc Shaiman

Joe Kirk

Nathan Lane and Lily Tomlin

Eugene Lee

Elaine Stritch

Marian Seldes

Marian Seldes

John Miller, Todd Schultz, Schuyler Heuser, Kevin Moore, Ray Cullom and Merrill Cullom

Allen and Shelley Glushakow

Richard Dresser and Rob Reale

Lily Tomlin and Joe Kirk

Nathan Lane, James S. Turley and Lily Tomlin

Bruce Whitacre, John Miller and Kevin Moore

Richard Fitzburgh, Jill Fitzburgh, Lil, Tracey and Bruce Ewing

Eugene Lee, Joe Kirk and Nathan Lane