New Dramatists, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, honored entertainment lawyer and New Dramatists Chairman of the Board Seth Gelblum with their 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 64th Annual Spring Luncheon tribute, held today, May 21 at the New York Marriott Marquis.
Among those performing tributes were Tony Award nominee Keith Carradine (Hands on a Hardbody, The Will Rogers Follies) and Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins (Caroline, or Change; Jelly's Last Jam). The event co-chairs are Roger Berlind, Roy Furman, and Barry and Fran Weissler. View photos below!
Each year, New Dramatists salutes an individual who has made an outstanding artistic contribution to the theatre community. Mr. Gelblum has practiced entertainment law in New York for more than 27 years. For the past 15 years, he has been head of the theatre practice at Loeb & Loeb LLP.
Photos by Walter McBride

The New Dramatists 64th Annual Spring Luncheon honoring Seth Gelblum at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City on May 21, 2013.

The New Dramatists 64th Annual Spring Luncheon

Stark Sands, Annaleigh Ashford

Joseph Robinette, Benj Pasek, Tom Hanks, Justin Paul

Tom Hanks, Justin Paul, Benj Pasek

Seth Gelblum with wife

Terrence Mann, Charlotte d'Amboise

Terrence Mann, Charlotte d'Amboise

Seth Gelblum, Tonya Pinkins

Seth Gelblum, Peggy Eisenhauer

Daryl Roth, Seth Gelblum

Seth Gelblum, Julie Taymor

Seth Gelblum, Bertie Carvel

Lilla Crawford, Seth Gelblum

Seth Gelblum, Lilla Crawford, Tom Hanks

Laura Benanti, Seth Gelblum, Cady Huffman

Daryl Roth, George C. Wolfe, Seth Gelblum, Tonya Pinkins

Benj Pasek, Seth Gelblum, Joseph Robinette, Justin Paul

Stark Sands, Annaleigh Ashford, Jerry Mitchell

Stark Sands, Daryl Roth, Annaleigh Ashford, Jerry Mitchell

Patina Miller, Terrence Mann, Charlotte d'Amboise

David Rockwell, Jerry Mitchell

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