Aida's Sherie Rene Scott, a vet of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Over and Over, fell into a Chicago reunion of sorts - 2000 Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba played Roxie Hart, while Kiss Me, Kate's Michael Barresse and Joel Grey were both original company members of the currently running revival.
The Oscar Hammerstein Award commemorates lifetime achievement in the musical theatre and was created in 1988 by York founding artistic director Janet Hayes Walker. Past honorees include Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, Peter Stone, Jerry Herman, David Merrick and Cy Coleman. A concert of Kander and Ebb's work was given, where the featured stars were Dukakis, Sherie Rene Scott, Ann Reinking, Robert Cuccioli, Christiane Noll, Valerie Wright and Bruce Vilanch.
