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The Vineyard Theatre celebrated its 25th anniversary with a star-studded gala at the Rainbow Room on January 29. Artistic director Doug Aibel (center) received many tributes during the evening, including a special one from movie queen and current Broadway star Julianne Moore and her husband, film director Bart Freundlich.
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Vineyard founder Barbrara Zinn Krieger caught up with one of the theater's most beloved stars, Patricia Clarkson.
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A highlight of the evening was a tribute to playwright Paula Vogel, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning drama How I Learned to Drive debuted at the Vineyard. During the gala, the first annual Paula Vogel Playwriting Award was presented to Tarell Alvin McCraney, author of The Brothers Size.
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The gala's entertainment, directed by Jason Moore, included Emmy Award winner S. Epatha Merkerson recreating her performance as Billie Holliday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill and board member Judy Kuhn singing Laura Nyro's gorgeous "Mother's Spiritual."
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Cheyenne Jackson sang "A Quiet Thing" from Kander & Ebb's Flora, The Red Menace, which was revived by the Vineyard.
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Among the many special guests joining in the festivities were Emmy nominee Oliver Platt, whose upcoming films include The Ten and The Martian Child.
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...Joe Morton, director of the Vineyard's upcoming production of History of the Word, which will be presented at area high schools...
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...Penny Fuller and Tony Roberts, who co-starred in the original Broadway production of Barefoot in the Park...
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...Vineyard board member Kathleen Chalfant, who begins performances next month in the Off-Broadway show Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell...
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...Ann Harada, who starred in the Vineyard's production of Avenue Q Off-Broadway, on Broadway, and in London's West End...
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...her Q co-star Barrett Foa, who's now playing Leaf Coneybear in Broadway's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee...
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...Michael Berresse, director of the Vineyard's hit musical [title of show], who's now starring on Broadway as Zack in the revival of A Chorus Line...
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...Malcolm Gets, whose many credits include the Broadway show Amour and the NBC-TV sitcom Caroline in the City...
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...Veanne Cox, who recently earned rave reviews for her work in The Beaux Stratagem at Washington, D.C.'s Shakespeare Theater...
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...and four-time Oscar nominee Marsha Mason, taking a New York break from her snow-covered farm in New Mexico.
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