THEATRE MUSEUM 2007 AWARDS

Date: Monday, October 29, 2007
Time: 6 PM – 9:30 PM
Place: National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, Manhattan
The Theatre Museum will present its 2007 Awards for Excellence to actress Ellen Burstyn, actor/dancer/choreographer Carmen de Lavallade, New York Times drama critic Ben Brantley and Arts Horizons at a ceremony on Monday, October 29, 6 – 9:30 PM, at The National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South, in Manhattan.



Actor Paul Sorvino will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to Ms. Burstyn, a Tony and Academy Award winning star of stage, film and television, who was the first woman to be elected president of Actor’s Equity Association. She served six years as artistic director of the Actors Studio, and continues there as co-president with Al Pacino and Harvey Keitel.

Tony Award winner James Naughton will present The Theatre Museum Award for Excellence in Individual Achievement to Ms. de Lavallade, who is being recognized for her work as a professor at Yale University, director of Adelphi University’s Dance Department and teacher for performing arts groups.

Emmy Award winner Pia Lindstrom will present Arts Horizons, a 29-year-old cultural institution, with the Theatre Museum Award for Excellence as an Organization for assisting 7-million students to develop creativity through artist-in-residence programs with professional performers, interactive live performances and after-school intervention programs featuring therapists.

Ben Brantley, chief theatre critic for The New York Times since 1996 and editor of The New York Times book Broadway: On the Aisle for the Unforgettable Plays of the Last Century, will receive the Award for Theatre Preservation from Stewart F. Lane and Helen Guditis, Chairman and President, respectively, of The Theatre Museum.
Jim Dale, winner of Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Awards, will be joined by Jessica Grove of Thoroughly Modern Mille and Les Miserables performing selections from Busker Alley, a new musical slated for Broadway. Other performers include: Kerry Butler, currently starring in Xanadu; Tovah Feldshuh, star of Yentl, Sarava, and Golda’s Balcony; and James Naughton, star of Chicago and 42nd Street.