ATW Benefit to Honor CBS and Leslie Moonves on April 11

On Monday, April 11, 2005, the American Theatre Wing's annual benefit will honor CBS and Leslie Moonves, Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Viacom and Chairman of CBS, for their steadfast commitment to The Tony Awards® telecast and live theatre. Honorary Chairs for the evening are Sumner Redstone and Sir Howard Stringer. The gala will be held at Cipriani, 110 East 42nd Street in New York. The spectacular evening will begin with cocktails at 6:30p.m., dinner at 7:30p.m. and a show featuring Broadway's past and present legends to salute Mr. Moonves and the network.

The American Theatre Wing's annual benefit yearly recognizes individuals and organizations which have made significant contributions to theatre. CBS has broadcast the American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® continuously since 1978, providing live theatre in America with its only ongoing annual showcase on network television. The event will raise funds to sustain ATW's programs in support of excellence and education in theatre. Jon Wilner is the Benefit Chairman.

The American Theatre Wing is a not-for-profit service organization dedicated to education and excellence in the theatre, serving both the theatre community and theatergoing public. In addition to creating and, with its partners the League of American Theatres and Producers, jointly awarding the Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards®, ATW's programs including: the long-running "Working in the Theatre" seminars, broadcast in New York on CUNY-TV; grants and scholarship program annually awarding support to more than 50 New York not-for-profit theatre companies and theatre students; "Downstage Center," a weekly theatrical interview show on XM Satellite Radio; "SpringboardNYC," a two-week intensive training session for aspiring theatre professionals moving to New York; and Theatre Intern Group, a social and professional development network. Over 200 hours of ATW's media projects are available for free, on-demand from the company's website, www.americantheatrewing.org, with new material added weekly. At ATW, Sondra Gilman is Chairman, Doug Leeds is President and Howard Sherman is Executive Director.

For information and reservations please call The American Theatre Wing at 212 765-0606 and Fax: 212-307-1910. Individual tickets are $2,500 Angel; $1,000 Benefactor; and $625 Patron. Tables of Ten are: $50,000 Gold Table, including two-page ad in program and four tickets to Tony Awards telecast and ball; $25,000 Angel Table, including a full page ad in program and two tickets to Tony Awards telecast and ball; $10,000 Benefactor Table, includes half-page ad in program and recognition in the event program; and $6,250 Patron Table includes quarter-page ad in the program.