Harris, O'Toole, Short, and More to Be Honored at 'Players Hall of Fame,' 4/18

RoseMary Harris, Peter O'Toole, and Martin Short will be among the many honorees at the upcoming "Players Hall of Fame," presented by The Players Foundation on April 18th. The event will take place at The Players Club.

The full list of honorees includes Sharen Benenson, Ben Gazzara, Pete Hamill, RoseMary Harris, Earle Hyman, Elliot Martin, Peter O'Toole, Martin Short, Richard Thomas, and Liv Ullmann."Players Hall of Fame" will also honor Leonard Bernstein, Humphrey Bogart, Mel Gussow, George S. Kaufman, Fiorello LaGuardia, Howard Lindsay, Joshua Logan, Fredric March, Laurence Olivier, Frederic Remington and Stanford White, each of whom passed away earlier this year.

To make a reservation for the event, call the box office at 212-475-6116.

The club's name, The Players, was suggested by author Thomas Bailey Aldrich, after one of the lines from Shakespeare's As You Like It. Booth, along with 15 other friends, were the incorporates of the club. Another close friend, the architect Stanford White, was hired to handle the conversion.

On opening night, December 31, 1888, before a gathering of men from the theatre, fine arts and letters, journalism, and commerce, Edwin Booth deeded the structure and its contents, including all the works of art and theatrical memorabilia he had amassed, along with his extensive personal library, to The Players.

For much of its history, The Players was strictly a men's club. However, on Shakespeare's birthday, April 23, 1989, women were finally permitted to become Players, the first of them being Helen Hayes.

Today, as always, The Players is an exciting and memorable place to mingle and meet fellow club members, friends and colleagues, in an ambiance of conviviality, culture, history and comfort.

For more information, visit www.theplayersnyc.org.