Four-time Tony-winning director Jerry Zaks (Guys and Dolls, Six Degrees of Separation, Lend Me a Tenor, The House of Blue Leaves) will receive the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theater November 10 at The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala.
The celebratory evening will begin at 6 PM at the Edison Ballroom. Librettist and lyricist Joan Ross Sorkin (Black Swan Blues, Go Green!, Dandelion), a former York Theatre Board President, will be honored with The York Theatre Founders’ Award.
Attendees can expect performances from Tony nominee Christopher Sieber (Death Becomes Her, Spamalot, Company), Marilu Henner (Grease, Chicago), and Tony nominee Rob McClure (Chaplin, Mrs. Doubtfire), with additional talent to be announced.
The Oscar Hammerstein Award, named in honor of the legendary lyricist and librettist, recognizes significant lifetime achievement in musical theatre. Past recipients include Stephen Sondheim, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Harold Prince, Cy Coleman, Charles Strouse, Arthur Laurents, Jerry Herman, Stephen Schwartz, Peter Stone, David Merrick, John Kander and Fred Ebb, Terrence McNally, Cameron Mackintosh, Carol Channing, Tony Walton, Joseph Stein, George S. Irving, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, Thomas Meehan, Barbara Cook, Paul Gemignani, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Angela Lansbury, Joel Grey, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, Susan Stroman, André De Shields, Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire, Leslie Uggams, Patti LuPone, and, most recently, Bernadette Peters.
The York Theatre Company Founders’ Award, recognizing individuals who have made a significant impact on the sustainability of the arts, has previously been presented to York Founding Artistic Director Janet Hayes Walker, W. David McCoy, Sarah Tod Smith, Molly Grose, Robert Goldberg, Gerald F. Fisher, Betty Cooper Wallerstein, Riki Kane Larimer, Elisa Loti Stein, Ted Chapin, Jamie deRoy, and, most recently, producer Ted Snowdon.
Gala tickets include pre-show cocktails, seated dinner, and entertainment.
Tickets start at $1,000 and are available at YorkTheatre.org/gala.
Elizabeth Stanley
Debra Walton
Robert Cuccioli
Klea Blackhurst
Ted Snowdon
Michael Urie and Ted Snowdon
Julie Halston
Victor Garber
Michael Urie
Michael Urie
Randy Rainbow
Jenna Gavigan
Jelani Remy
Joseph Hayward
Christine Baranksi
Andrew Rannells
Richard Maltby, Jr.
Alex Newell
James Lapine
Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters and Michael Urie
Jamie deRoy and Bernadette Peters
Ted Snowdon and Bernadette Peters
W. David McCoy, Ted Snowdon, Bernadette Peters, and Jim Kierstead
Debra Walton, Joan T. Mischo, Jim Kierstead, Riki Kane Larimer, Tim Collins, Joan Ross Sorkin,
Bernadette Peters, Laurence Holzman, Marie Grace LaFerrera, Joseph Hayward
Ted Snowdon and Duffy Violante
Joan T. Mischo, Jim Kierstead, Debra Walton, Tim Collins, Riki Kane Larimer, Ted Snowdon,
W. David McCoy, Joan Ross Sorkin, Marie Grace LaFerrera, Joseph Hayward, and Laurence Holzman
Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters and Andrew Rannells
Julie Halston, Bernadette Peters, Jenna Gavigan, and Elizabeth Stanley
Marilyn Maye and Bernadette Peters
Tom Sorce and Bernadette Peters
Tom Sorce, Kyra Sorce, Bernadette Peters, and Luke Sorce
Bernadette Peters and Michael Urie
Ryan Spahn and Michael Urie
Michael Urie, Elizabeth Stanley, and Andrew Rannells
Joseph Hayward and Debra Walton
Laila Robbins, Randy Rainbow and Christine Baranski
Frank DiLella, Jamie deRoy and Randy Rainbow
Ben Davis and Randy Rainbow
Frank DiLella and Jelani Remy
Michael Urie
W. David McCoy
Marie Grace LaFerrrara
