On Monday February 4 at The Rainbow Room (30 Rockefeller Plaza), The Vineyard Theatre celebrated Albee's
50-year career as one of the world's leading dramatists, as he turns 80 during
this theatrical season. (His actual birthday is March 12, 2008.) Co-hosts for the evening were Tony Award-winners Tyne Daly
and Bill Irwin plus international artist Eartha Kitt.
The Gala - which will benefit the Vineyard Theatre, one of
the nation's leading theatres devoted to presenting new works - included noted participants
and esteemed Albee actors Marian Seldes, Brian Murray, and Judith Ivey, along
with Tony Roberts, playwright John Guare, Kathleen Chalfant, and Joe Morton.
Other guests included Betty Buckley, David Burtka, Jon Robin
Baitz, Jeffrey Carlson, Linda Emond, Neil Patrick Harris, Judy Kuhn, Anne
Meara, Sally Murphy, Jerry Stiller, Jeff Whitty, Doug Wright, and the original
Off-Broadway cast of Three Tall Women,
which debuted at The Vineyard, winning Albee his third Pulitzer Prize: Jordan
Baker, Myra Carter, Marian Seldes, and Michael Rhodes.
For more information on The Vineyard Theatre visit
www.vineyardtheatre.org.
Photos by Peter James
Zielinski

Playwright Edward Albee

Edward Albee

Edward Albee

Kathleen Chalfant, Joe Morton, and Judy Kuhn

Kathleen Chalfant, Joe Morton, and Judy Kuhn

Jeff Whitty and Executive Director of the Vinyard Theatre Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell

Kathleen Chalfant

Jeff Whitty and Jeffrey Carlson

Jeff Whitty, Edward Albee, and Jeffrey Carlson

Michael Esper, Nicky Silver, and Maria Dizzia

Michael Esper, Nicky Silver, and Maria Dizzia

Michael Esper, Nicky Silver, and Maria Dizzia

Playwright Nicky Silver

Charlotte Parry

Charlotte Parry

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka

Producer Elizabeth Ireland McCann

David Burtka, Edward Albee, and Neil Patrick Harris

Colin Donnell, Edward Albee, and Michael Esper

Douglas Aibel and Edward Albee

Douglas Aibel and Edward Albee

Edward Albee and Stephen Payne

Judith Ivey and Edward Albee

Judith Ivey and Edward Albee

Brian Murray and Edward Albee

Brian Murray and Edward Albee

Judy Kuhn

Judy Kuhn

Judy Kuhn

Judy Kuhn

Tony Roberts and Penny Fuller

Tony Roberts and Penny Fuller

Tony Roberts and Penny Fuller

Brian Murray, Marian Seldes, Edward Albee, JorDan Baker and Michael Rhodes

Michael Rhodes, Marian Seldes, and Kevin Kilner

Michael Rhodes, Marian Seldes, Kevin Kilner and JorDan Baker

Playwright Will Eno and Edward Albee

Will Eno and Edward Albee

Jerry Stiller, Ann Meara, and Edward Albee

Jerry Stiller, Ann Meara, and Edward Albee

Tyne Daly and Edward Albee

Tyne Daly and Edward Albee

Tyne Daly and Edward Albee

Katheryne Dora Brown, Edward Albee and Tyne Daly