National Corporate Theatre Fund (NCTF) will held its Annual Chairman's Awards Gala and benefit on Monday, April 14 at New York's Cipriani's Pegasus (30 Rockefeller Plaza). This year, NCTF Chairman James S. Turley, Chairman & CEO of Ernst & Young, honored Angela Lansbury, the Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival of New American Plays and Bank of America. Accepting the award on behalf of the Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival was Artistic Director Marc Masterson and Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein and accepting for Bank of America was be Rena M. DeSisto, Global Arts & Culture Executive for Bank of America. All net proceeds of the event will be distributed as the NCTF/Bank of America Fund for New American Theatre.
Hosted by Michael McKean with Jerry Herman, Phylicia Rashad and Theresa Rebeck, this black-tie event will began with cocktails at 6:30 PM followed by dinner and presentations at 7:30 PM. The gala will featured a silent auction filled with exciting prize packages.
Photos by Peter James Zielinski
Angela Lansbury - NCTF Theatre Artist Award
Honoree Angela Lansbury
NCTF Chairman James S. Turley (Chairman & CEO Ernst & Young), Angela Lansbury, James E. Buckley (KPMG)
Bethany Haynes, Kristin Marting (Artistic Director, HERE Arts Center)
Angela Lansbury, Marian Seldes
Angela Lansbury, Marian Seldes
Rena M. DeSisto (Global Arts & Culture Executive, Bank of America), Angela Lansbury --- Bank of America was honored with the Corporate Leadership Award.
Host Michael McKean and Rena DeSisto (Bank of America)
Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher
Rena DeSisto, Anika Noni Rose, Carmen de Lavallade
Carmen de Lavallade and Guest
Performer Klea Blackhurst
Jerry Herman, Angela Lansbury, James Turley, Don Pippin
Stephen Plunkett, Michael Friedman, Ian Brennan (performers)
Jerry Herman, Angela Lansbury
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