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T.R. Knight, Bernadette Peters, Catherine Zeta-Jones, et al. Set for Drama League Benefit Honoring Angela Lansbury

Catherine Zeta-Jones
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Catherine Zeta-Jones
(© Joseph Marzulla/WENN)

Len Cariou, Will Chase, Christine Ebersole, Victor Garber, Beth Fowler, Malcolm Gets, Cheyenne Jackson, Brian d’Arcy James, Chad Kimball, T.R. Knight, Audra McDonald, Donna Murphy, Bernadette Peters, Sarah Rice, Chita Rivera, Marian Seldes, Christopher Sieber, Will Swenson, and Catherine Zeta-Jones will participate as performers or presenters at the Drama League benefit gala, A Musical Celebration of Broadway, to be held at The Pierre New York on February 8.

As previously announced, the event will honor five-time Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury. It will include selections from Lansbury’s prolific career, including Mame, Sweeney Todd, Beauty and the Beast, Anyone Can Whistle, Gypsy, and more. The presentation will be co-directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer and his Spring Awakening Associate Director, Beatrice Terry.

The evening will begin at 7pm with a cocktail reception and silent auction/raffle in the Cotillion Room, followed by a seated dinner at 8pm in the Grand Ballroom, followed by the performance. All proceeds will support The Drama League.

Tickets for are $750 – $1,995, with tables of ten available for $7,500 – $18,000.
To reserve seats, call Special Events Manager Roger Calderon at 212-244-9494, ext. 5. For more information, visit www.dramaleague.org.