Photo Coverage: Theater for the New City Celebrates Mario Fratti at LOVE 'N COURAGE Benefit
By: Walter McBride Feb. 25, 2014
Just last night, Theater for the New City paid tribute to the playwright and theater critic Mario Fratti (whose adaptation of the Federico Fellini film 8 ½ became the Broadway musical NINE) at the 11th annual LOVE 'N COURAGE benefit at the National Arts Club (15 Gramercy Park South) in New York City. An annual evening to benefit TNC's Emerging Playwrights Program, this year's LOVE 'N COURAGE event featured appearances by Liliane Montevecchi, Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham, two-time Tony winner Tammy Grimes accompanied by Alex Rybeck, singer Anna Bergman accompanied by William Hicks, Austin Pendleton, Katharine Cullison, cabaret star KT Sullivan, Inma Heredia, Human Kinetics Movement Arts, Rachel Klein Dance Company, Jocab Merrick Storms, the Yip Harburg Foundation Rainbow Troupe, and Michael-David Gordon and TNC's Street Theater Company.
BroadwayWorld was there for the special night and you can check out photo coverage below!
Mario Fratti is the author of nearly 70 plays, which collectively have received 600 productions in numerous languages in two dozen countries. His plays include BLINDNESS: A TRAGEDY IN IRAQ, SUICIDE, THE CAGE, ACADEMY, MAFIA, THE RACES and THE BRIDGE. The musical NINE won five Tony Awards, eight Drama Desk Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards during its original run on Broadway, subsequently earning three Outer Critics Awards and two Tony Awards when it was revived in 2003. A longtime, revered member of the press corps covering theater in New York City, Mr. Fratti serves as drama critic for several European newspapers.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Amanta Tay from Human Kinetics Movement Arts
Amanda Tay from Human Kinetics Movement Arts
Masumi Kishimoto from Human Kinetics Movement Arts
Masumi Kishimoto from Human Kinetics Movement Arts
Amanda Tay from Human Kinetics Movement Arts
Amanda Tay from Human Kinetics Movement Arts
Liliane Montevecchi with Amanda Tay from Human Kinetics Movement Arts
Liliane Montevecchi with Amanda Tay from Human Kinetics Movement Arts
Liliane Montevecchi with Amanda Tay from Human Kinetics Movement Arts
Liliane Montevecchi with Amanda Tay from Human Kinetics Movement Arts
Liliane Montevecchi with Amanda Tay from Human Kinetics Movement Arts
Crystal Field with Amanda Tay from Human Kinetics Movement Arts
Crystal Field with Amanda Tay from Human Kinetics Movement Arts
Rosie Mendez and Crystal Field
Roberta Wallach
Tammy Grimes and Crystal Field
Tammy Grimes and Liliane Montevecchi
Tammy Grimes and Liliane Montevecchi
Tammy Grimes and Liliane Montevecchi
Austin Pendleton, Anne Jackson and Roberta Wallach
Crystal Field, Liliane Montevecchi and Rosie Mendez
Austin Pendleton, Anne Jackson
Phoebe Legere and Tammy Grimes
Phoebe Legere and Tammy Grimes
Crystal Field and Phoebe Legere
Liliane Montevecchi and Claudio Saponi
Liliane Montevecchi and Claudio Saponi
Katharine Cullison
Austin Pendleton and Katharine Cullison
Playwright Mario Fratti
Playwright Mario Fratti and Liliane Montevecchi
Playwright Mario Fratti and Liliane Montevecchi
Playwright Mario Fratti
Playwright Mario Fratti
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