Photo Coverage: Albee Honored at New Dramatists Luncheon

New Dramatists presented their 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award to three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee at the group's 58th Annual Benefit Luncheon, which was held at the Marriot Marquis Hotel on Thursday, May 17th.

Albee, who received a 2005 Lifetime Achievement Tony Award, has won Pulitzers for A Delicate Balance, Seascape and Three Tall Women.  Other plays include the landmark Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Tiny Alice, The Zoo Story, The Play About the Baby, and The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?.  Albee's The Lady from Dubuque, starring Dame Maggie Smith, is currently playing the West End, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? recently played a national tour starring Bill Irwin and Kathleen Turner, who were featured in the recent Broadway revival.

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Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

Edward Albee

Edward Albee and Angela Lansbury

Edward Albee and Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

Terrence McNally

Edward Albee and Terrence McNally

Marian Seldes and Edward Albee

Terrence McNally, Marian Seldes and Edward Albee

Marian Seldes, Edward Albee and Tonya Pinkins

Tonya Pinkins

Tonya Pinkins and Edward Albee

Michael Cerveris

Edward Albee and Michael Cerveris

Charlotte D'Amboise

Charlotte D'Amboise

Duncan Sheik

Jerry Stiller

Jerry Stiller and Jamie DeRoy

Laura Bell Bundy

Laura Bell Bundy

Stark Sands

Edward Albee and Stark Sands

Laura Bell Bundy, Edward Albee and Stark Sands

Edward Albee and Maureen Anderman

Phyllis Newman

Edward Albee and Phyllis Newman

Joyce Randolph

Justin Blanchard

Julie White

Julie White

Michael Arden

Ben Gazzara

Swoosie Kurtz

Ben Gazzara, Swoosie Kurtz, Edward Albee and Michael Arden

Swoosie Kurtz and Edward Albee

Swoosie Kurtz and Edward Albee

David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce

Debra Monk

Edward Hibbert

Karen Ziemba

David Hyde Pierce, Debra Monk, Edward Hibbert, Edward Albee, Karen Ziemba and Jill Paice

David Hyde Pierce, Angela Lansbury and Edward Albee

Boyd Gaines

Edward Albee