Photos: Drama League Honors Angela Lansbury

Last night, February 8, the stars came out to honor stage and screen legend Angela Lansbury at The Drama League's 26th annual all-star gala, "A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF BROADWAY" at the Pierre New York.

Those honoring Lansbury included Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bernadette Peters, Audra McDonald,Victor Garber, Chita Rivera, Donna Murphy, Cheyenne Jackson, T.R. Knight, Malcolm Gets, Len Cariou, Christopher Sieber, Will Swenson, Will Chase, Chad Kimball, Marian Seldes, Beth Fowler,Edie Falco, Charles Busch, James Barbour, Dee Hoty, Alexander Gemignani, and Sarah Rice. The evening included musical selections from Lansbury's prolific career, including Mame, Sweeney Todd, Beauty and the Beast, Anyone Can Whistle, Gypsy and more. "A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF BROADWAY" was co-directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer and his Spring Awakening Associate Director, Beatrice Terry.

Among the highlights of The Drama League's annual benefit gala was the Gala Auction. This year's auction offered one-of-a-kind vacation packages, luxury gift items, intimate lunches with celebrities and unique theatrical experiences. All proceeds from "A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF BROADWAY" support The Drama League, which was founded in 1916 as an association of theatre professionals and patrons dedicated to encouraging the finest in professional theatre and has since then developed into the theatre's premiere service organization.

For more information on The Drama League, visit www.dramaleague.org.

Gala Honoree Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

Drama League Executive Director Gabriel Shanks

Drama League Gala Chair Bonnie Comley

Drama League President Jano Herbosch and Bonnie Comley

Len Cariou

Beth Fowler

Beth Fowler and Len Cariou

Stewart Lane and Bonnie Comley

Bonnie Comley, Angela Lansbury and Jano Herbosch

Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou

Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou

Edie Falco

Stewart Lane, Leah Lane and Bonnie Comley

Charles Busch

Charles Busch

Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters

J. Bernard Calloway and Carmen Ruby Floyd

Will Swenson, Austin Eyer, Jennifer Evans, Michael Arnold, Jessica Kostival, Carmen Ruby Floyd, J. Bernard Calloway and James Barbour

Alexander Gemignani

James Barbour

Will Swenson, James Barbour and Derrick Baskin

Christopher Spaulding

Michael Buchanan

Christopher Spaulding and Michael Buchanan

Ann Hampton Callaway

Ann Hampton Callaway

Stewart Lane, Bonnie Comley and Grafton Nunes (Dean of School of the Arts Emerson College)

Joanne Manning, Joann Hunter and Jennifer Frankel 

Joanne Manning, Joann Hunter, Jennifer Frankel and Alex Gemignani

Drama League Board Member Donna Murphy

Victor Garber

Victor Garber

Donna Murphy and Victor Garber

Donna Murphy and Victor Garber

Michael Mayer and Beatrice Terry

Derrick Baskin, Carmen Ruby Floyd and J. Bernard Calloway

Stewart Lane, Bonnie Comley, Grafton Nunes and Bernadette Peters

Michael Mayer, Bonnie Comley, Bernadette Peters and Stewart Lane

Drama League Board Members