Photo Coverage: James Lapine, Bruce Norris, Stephen Sondheim Honored at Playwrights Horizons Gala!
By: Genevieve Rafter Keddy Jun. 12, 2012
Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons celebrated its annual Spring Gala yesterday evening, June 11th at the event space 583 Park Avenue. Titled "The Highest Standard", the evening celebrated its five Pulitzer Prize-winning productions and honor the creators of these memorable works for the theater. The honorees were James Lapine (Sunday in the Park with George), Bruce Norris (Clybourne Park), Stephen Sondheim (Sunday in the Park with George), Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy), Wendy Wasserstein (The Heidi Chronicles) and Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife). BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the festivities below!
The evening consisted of songs from Sunday in the Park with George, excerpts from the Pulitzer Prize-winning plays and tributes by those connected to the projects.
Playwrights Horizons is a not-for-profit organization, and almost 40% of its annual budget is supported by donations from individuals and institutions. The Spring Gala is the organization's largest fundraising event of the year, with donations earmarked to support six annual productions, the development of new plays and musicals, a Theatrical Residency Program and ticket subsidy initiatives. These programs cultivate the next generation of artists, arts managers and theatergoers.
Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy
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Caroline Wood and Bruce Norris
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Pam MacKinnon and Bruce Norris
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Annie Parisse and Deirdre O'Connell
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Alfred Uhry and Dana Ivey
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EVan Smith, Alfred Uhry and Dana Ivey
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Jeremy Shamos and Annie Parisse
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Christina Kirk, Crystal A. Dickinson and Frank Wood
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Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
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Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
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Stephen Sondheim, Dana Ivey and James Lapine
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Stephen Sondheim and Dana Ivey
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Judith O. Rubin and Stephen Sondheim
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Leslye Headland and Georgette Levis
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James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, Bruce Norris, Alfred Uhry and Doug Wright
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Jeremy Shamos and Brendan Griffin
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