Tina Brown, Diane von Furstenberg and Pamela Thomas-Graham celebrated Broadway director Stephen Daldry at Barbetta Restaurant (321 West 46th Street) today, May 28th. Daldry has just been nominated for a Tony Award for Best Direction in a Play for SKYLIGHT, starring Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan. Scroll down for photos from the festivities!
Special guests included Helen Mirren, Candice Bergen, Michael Cerveris, Katie Couric, Luann De Lesseps, Jean Doumanian, Tavi Gavinson, Joel Grey, Lena Hall, Heather Hitchens, William Ivey Long, Max von Essen, Emily Mortmer, Oliver Platt, Jordan Roth, Charlotte St Martin, Sarah Stiles, Jeanine Tesori and more.
Along with directing SKYLIGHT, Stephen Daldry also directed this year's THE AUDIENCE, starring Helen Mirren. He has previously won Tony Awards for Best Direction for 2009's BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL and 1994's AN INSPECTOR CALLS. His four films BILLY ELLIOT, THE HOURS, THE REDER and EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE together received 19 Academy Award nominations and two wins.
Tina Brown is an award-winning journalist, editor, author, and currently founder and CEO of Women in the World Media, LLC and Tina Brown Live Media. Prior to this, in October 2008, Brown launched and edited the award-winning digital news site The Daily Beast with Barry Diller's IAC. Between 1979 and 2001, she was editor-in-chief of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Talk-and later Newsweek in 2011. She also authored the 2007 best-selling biography of the Princess of Wales, The Diana Chronicles. In 2000, Queen Elizabeth awarded her the honor of Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to journalism. She is married to editor, publisher, and historian Sir Harold Evans and lives in New York City.
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Director Stephen Daldry and Tina Brown
Countess Luann de Lesseps, Stephen Daldry, and Dame Helen Mirren
Joel Grey and Michael Cerveris
PamEla Thomas-Graham and Dame Helen Mirren
Candice Bergen, Dame Helen Mirren, and Tommy Tune
Candice Bergen, Dame Helen Mirren, and Tommy Tune
Tommy Tune and Dame Helen Mirren
Tommy Tune and Dame Helen Mirren
Countess Luann de Lesseps and Tommy Tune
Countess Luann de Lesseps and Tommy Tune
Tina Brown, Candice Bergen, and Dame Helen Mirren
PamEla Thomas-Graham, Stephen Daldry, Tina Brown, and Diane Von Furstenberg
PamEla Thomas-Graham, Stephen Daldry, Tina Brown, and Diane Von Furstenberg
Dame Helen Mirren and United Kingdom Ambassador to The UN Matthew Rycroft
Dame Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren
United Kingdom Ambassador to The UN Matthew Rycroft, Joel Grey, Candice Bergen, Dame Helen Mirren, and Tommy Tune
PamEla Thomas-Graham
PamEla Thomas-Graham
PamEla Thomas-Graham
Director Stephen Daldry and Tina Brown
Director Stephen Daldry and Tina Brown
Director Stephen Daldry and Tina Brown
Director Stephen Daldry and Tina Brown
Director Stephen Daldry
Director Stephen Daldry, Tina Brown, and Colin Callender
Dame Helen Mirren
A general view of atmosphere at a special luncheon hosted by Tina Brown, Diane Von Furstenberg, and PamEla Thomas-Graham celebrating Tony nominated director Stephen Daldry at Barbetta Restaurant on May 28, 2015 in New York City.
Candice Bergen, Katie Couric, and Dame Helen Mirren
Katie Couric and Dame Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren
Candice Bergen and Katie Couric
Candice Bergen, Katie Couric, and Dame Helen Mirren
Candice Bergen, Katie Couric, and Dame Helen Mirren
Katie Couric and Candice Bergen
PamEla Thomas-Graham, Oliver Platt, and Tina Brown
Director Stephen Daldry and Diane Von Furstenberg
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