Denzel Washington Honored at the New Dramatists’ 69th Annual Benefit Luncheon

Suzanna Bowling

May 16, 2018

Tony® Honor recipient and the nation’s premier playwright development laboratory, honored Tony® and Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington at its 69th Annual Spring Luncheon tribute. Tributes to Mr. Washington and performances will be presented by three-time Grammy Award-winner Branford Marsalis with bassist Noah Jackson, Tony® Award-winners George C. Wolfe and Stephen McKinley Henderson, Constanza Romero (Fences, August Wilson Estate), and playwright Kristopher Diaz.

The poster

Washington, currently starring on Broadway in The Iceman Cometh, directed by George C. Wolfe, will receive New Dramatists’ 2018 Distinguished Achievement Award on Tuesday, May 15 at the New York Marriott Marquis. Each year, New Dramatists salutes individuals who have made an outstanding artistic contribution to the theatre community. Past luncheon honorees include Daryl Roth and Paula Vogel, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Susan Stroman, Seth Gelblum, Bernadette Peters, Roger Berlind, Julie Taymor, Horton Foote, Edward Albee, Harvey Fierstein, Chita Rivera, Meryl Streep, Angela Lansbury, Julie Andrews, Glenn Close, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Miller, Neil Simon, Jerry Herman, Terrence McNally, Barbara Cook, John Kander & Fred Ebb, August Wilson, and Gwen Verdon.

Daryl Roth Photo Magda Katz

T2C was there to get what playwrights have influenced those who perform their works.

Brian Stokes Mitchell and his lovely wife Ali

In the video we have:

Glenda Jackson Photo Magda Katz

Lea Solonga

Ethan Slater

Will Roland

Also in attendance were:

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Judith Light, Jordan Roth

Judith Light Photo Magda Katz

Judith Light

Denise Gough Photo Magda Katz

Lindsay Mendez Photo Magda Katz

Stephen Schwartz

Kerry Butler Photo Magda Katz

Joel Grey Photo Magda Katz

Condela Rashad Photo Magda Katz

Celia Weston Photo Magda Katz

Margaret Colin

Margaret Colin Photo Magda Katz

John Cariani

Marianne Elliot Photo Magda Katz

Marianne Elliot, Jordan Roth, Stephen Schwartz Photo Magda Katz

Storm Lever Photo Magda Katz

Hailey Kilgore

Jared Zirilli Photo Magda Katz

Rema Webb, Andre Ward Photo Magda Katz

Stephen McKinley Henderson

Caitlin Kinnunen

The Band’s Visit Photo Magda Katz

Tamara Tunie Photo Magda Katz

Itamar Moses Photo Magda Katz

At the event

Broadway

May 16, 2018

Suzanna Bowling

Suzanna, co-owns and publishes the newspaper Times Square Chronicles or T2C. At one point a working actress, she has performed in numerous productions in film, TV, cabaret and theatre. She has performed at The New Orleans Jazz festival, The United Nations and Carnegie Hall. Currently she has a screenplay in the works, which she developed with her mentor and friend the late Arthur Herzog. She was the Broadway Informer on the all access cable TV Show “The New Yorkers,” soon to be “The Tourist Channel.” email: suzanna@t2conline.com