Patricia Neal to Receive Peccadillo Theater Company’s Legends of the American Theater Award
Broadway production of
Another Part of the Forest
The Peccadillo Theater Company will present An Evening with Patricia Neal, at the Players Club on Monday, April 12 at 6:30pm. At the benefit event, the company will present the actress with its Legends of the American Theater Award.
As part of the festivities, Neal will be interviewed by documentary filmmaker Rick McKay, who will ask her about the highlights of her long and illustrious career as well as about her friendship of many years with legendary playwright, Lillian Hellman.
Neal won the first-ever Tony Award for her performance as Regina Hubbard in Hellman’s Another Part of the Forest (1946). She also appeared on Broadway in the original production of The Miracle Worker (1959) and, on screen, in The Fountainhead (1949) and in Hud (1963), for which she won an Academy Award. The evening includes open bar, hors d’oeuvres service and jazz piano music.
The benefit will support Peccadillo’s upcoming production of Another Part of the Forest.
Tickets are $150 per person, $250 per couple. Call 212-633-6533 or visit www.thepeccadillo.com.
