Streep, Jones, Vance, Guare, et al. Set for Dramatists Guild Benefit
(Photo © Michael Portantiere)
James Earl Jones, Meryl Streep, and Coutrney B. Vance are among the stars who will participate in the seventh annual Dramatists Guild Fund Benefit on Monday, April 10 at the Hudson Theatre.
Playwright John Guare will serve as the evening’s master of ceremonies. Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall will direct the entertainment, which will include performances by the casts of the Broadway shows Sweeney Todd, The Color Purple, Jersey Boys, and Ring of Fire.
There will also be a salute to the late Wendy Wasserstein by Streep and her daughter, actress Mamie Gummer; and a scene from August Wilson’s Fences will be performed by Jones and Vance, who starred in that play on Broadway.
Tickets to the entertainment portion of the event, which will begin at 9pm, are being made available to the public. All tickets are priced at $35. For information, call 212-352-3101.
