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Christine Baranski, Donna Murphy, Martin Short Set for Roundabout Gala, Honoring Rob Marshall

Martin Short
(© Tristan Fuge)
Martin Short
(© Tristan Fuge)

Martin Short will host the Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2012 spring gala, From Screen to Stage, at Hammerstein Ballroom on Monday, March 12. The event will honor Rob Marshall, who will receive the Jason Robards Award for Theatrical Excellence.

From Screen to Stage will be a special evening created by Marshall’s Tony Award winning sister Kathleen Marshall, with musical direction and arrangements by David Krane.
Performers will include Christine Baranski, Raul Esparza, Boyd Gaines, Victor Garber, Donna Murphy, and Kelli O’Hara.

Marshall began his career with Roundabout working on musicals such as She Loves Me, Company, Little Me, and the Tony Award-winning production Cabaret. For Hollywood, he directed the Academy Award-winning Chicago, the summer blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and the film adaptaion of the musical NINE, among others.

All proceeds from this event benefit Roundabout Theatre Company’s Musical Theatre Fund.

Click here for more information and From Screen to Stage tickets.