MTC Honors Daniel Sullivan at Tonight's Fall Benefit; David Hyde Pierce, Cynthia Nixon & More to Appear

Manhattan Theatre Club presents its Fall Benefit, honoring longtime MTC collaborator, Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan. The evening will feature appearances by some of Broadway's biggest names: Danny Burstein (The Snow Geese), Raúl Esparza (The Homecoming), Boyd Gaines (The Columnist), Heather MacRae who appeared in the 1968 production of Hair which Sullivan served as assistant director, Frances McDormand (Good People), Cynthia Nixon (Rabbit Hole), friend and colleague Jack O'Brien, Mary-Louise Parker (Proof), and David Hyde Pierce (Accent on Youth).

The Fall Benefit will take place tonight, November 10 at The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Fredrick P. Rose Hall (Broadway & 60th Street).

Richard Maltby Jr. (Ain't Misbehavin') is helping to conceive and will direct the evening. The creative team will include John Lee Beatty, Japhy Weideman, and Dan Gerhard.

Sullivan, the Tony Award-winning director of Proof, has enjoyed a long relationship with Manhattan Theatre Club. He holds the unique distinction of having directed more shows at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre than any other director - an unprecedented nine productions. This season at MTC, Sullivan is directing Donald Margulies' The Country House on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre and David Auburn's Lost Lake at MTC's Off-Broadway home at New York City Center - Stage I. His other MTC credits include The Snow Geese, The Columnist, Good People, Time Stands Still, Accent on Youth, Rabbit Hole, After The Night and the Music, Brooklyn Boy, and Sight Unseen. Sullivan also has a prolific career directing commercial productions on Broadway including: Orphans, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Merchant of Venice, The Homecoming, Prelude to a Kiss, Julius Caesar, I'm Not Rappaport, Morning's at Seven, The Sisters Rosensweig, and The Heidi Chronicles. He was Acting Artistic Director at MTC for the 2007-08 season and served as Artistic Director of Seattle Repertory Theatre from 1981-1997.

Fiona Kirk, Bethany Millard, Sue Slager, Sharon Sullivan, and Lisa Towbin are co-chairs of the event.

The Fall Benefit begins with cocktails at 7 PM followed by dinner at 8 PM with the performance beginning at approximately 9:15 PM. All proceeds from this annual event will support MTC's mission as a leading non-profit theatre company producing contemporary plays on and off-Broadway, nurturing new talent through our Artistic Development Program, and developing the next generation of theatregoers and theatre makers through our esteemed Education Program.

Individual tickets for MTC's Fall Benefit are $3,000, $2,500, and $2,000. Tickets include cocktails, dinner, and the show. Tables of 10 are also available for $30,000, $25,000, and $20,000. Tickets can be purchased at www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com/FallBenefit or for more information, call (212) 399-3000 x4145.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride