Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honor Audra McDonald at 67th Annual Spring Luncheon!
By: Walter McBride May. 13, 2016
New Dramatists, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premier playwright development laboratory, just celebrated six-time Tony Award winning actress, Audra McDonald with their 2016 Distinguished Achievement Award at its 67th Annual Spring Luncheon tribute. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the special day below!
"The seven years of support we provide to playwrights allows a unique opportunity to witness the unleashing of ambitions over time, for the many projects undertaken during their residencies and also for the very form itself. The boundless career forged by Audra McDonald's drive to explore all the places her creative impulses lead, and the passion with which she has pursued her art is kindred to the playwrights working at New Dramatists and makes her an ideal honoree for our spring luncheon," said Emily Morse, Artistic Director of New Dramatists.
Each year, New Dramatists salutes an individual who has made an outstanding artistic contribution to the theatre community. Past luncheon honorees include 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.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
The 67th Annual New Dramatists Spring Luncheon honoring Audra McDonald at Marriott Marquis Times Square on May 12, 2016 in New York City.
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald
Audra McDonald and Renee Elise Goldsberry
Audra McDonald and Renee Elise Goldsberry
Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o and Liesl Tommy
Liesl Tommy and Lupita Nyong'o
Liesl Tommy and Lupita Nyong'o
Allyson Tucker and Bryan Stokes Mitchell
Renee Elise Goldsberry and Audra McDonald
Allyson Tucker and Bryan Stokes Mitchell
The 67th Annual New Dramatists Spring Luncheon honoring Audra McDonald at Marriott Marquis Times Square on May 12, 2016 in New York City.
Liesel Tommy
Liesel Tommy
Brandon Victor Dixon
Brandon Victor Dixon
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