Hart, Jones, Schneider, Schoenfeld, Wright to Appear at Theatre Museum Awards
(Photo © Michael Portantiere)
Kitty Carlisle Hart, Anne Kaufman Schneider, Gerald Schoenfeld, and Samuel E. Wright will be presenters at the 2005 Theatre Museum Awards ceremony on Monday, October 10 at The Hudson Theatre (145 West 44th Street), beginning at 6pm. Simon Jones will host the event.
The museum will bestow three awards for Theatre History Preservation. This year’s honors go to Michael Kantor and Laurence Maslon, the Emmy Award-winning creators of the PBS series Broadway: The American Musical; the Ten Chimneys Foundation, which supports the historic home of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne; and the restoration of the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel.
In addition, Michael Presser, founder and executive director of Inside Broadway, will be honored for his achievements in bringing theater to New York City students, as will Periwinkle Productions, Inc., the country’s oldest non-profit educational touring theater company.
Tickets to the awards ceremony, including a reception and buffet supper, are priced at $200. They may be purchased by calling 212-764-4112, ext. 203.
