Barbara Cook is no stranger to awards, but the Tony-winning star of such shows as Plain and Fancy, Candide, The Music Man, She Loves Me, and The Grass Harp was especially delighted to receive the National Arts Club’s Medal of Honor on Thursday, January 11.
Many of Cook’s friends and colleagues were on hand for the ceremony and dinner. Among them were fellow Tony winner Donna McKechnie and Broadway perennial Harvey Evans…
…the legendary Tammy Grimes and pal Joel Vig…
…veteran CBS newsman Mike Wallace…
…two great lyricists, Sheldon Harnick (She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof, etc.) and David Zippel (City of Angels, The Goodbye Girl, Princesses), seen here with Harnick’s wife, Margery…
…and cabaret favorites Mark Nadler and KT Sullivan with pianist David Lewis.
Also on Thursday, Second Stage Theatre celebrated the opening of Theresa Rebeck’s comedy The Scene. Pictured here at the show’s after-party at Spanky’s BBQ are cast members Tony Shalhoub, Patricia Heaton, Anna Camp, and Christopher Evan Welch.
The opening night crowd included actor/director Tony Goldwyn, who starred in The Water’s Edge at Second Stage last year…
…the beautiful, Emmy Award-winning actress Julianna Margulies…
…Peter Scanavino, who appeared earlier this season in Second Stage’s revival of SubUrbia…
…and hot couple Annabella Sciorra and Bobby Cannavale.
On Wednesday, January 10, the company of the hit Broadway musical Spring Awakening participated in a special performance and CD signing at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square. Seen here are Brian Charles Johnson, Jonathan Groff, and Lilli Cooper.
Jennifer Damiano, John Gallagher, Jr., and Gerard Canonico were happy to meet the fans…
…as were fellow cast members Lea Michele and Lauren Pritchard, book writer/lyricist Steven Sater, and composer Duncan Sheik.
We leave you with this shot from the opening reception for The Theatre Museum exhibition Times Square Theatres: A New Century, A New Style, held on Wednesday, January 10. Among the notables on hand for the event at the Municipal Art Society were Rocco Landesman, president of Jujamcyn Theaters; producer Stewart F. Lane, chairman of the museum; Craig Morrison, who curated the exhibition; and Helen M. Guditis, president of the museum.