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Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala

The event took place on Monday, November 10, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at The Edison Ballroom.

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The York Theatre recently held its 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala, which took place on Monday, November 10, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at The Edison Ballroom.

The celebratory evening honored four-time Tony Award-winning director Jerry Zaks, (Hello, Dolly!, The Music Man, Guys and Dolls), with the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theater, and Joan Ross Sorkin, librettist and lyricist (BLACK SWAN Blues, Go Green!, Dandelion) and former York Theatre Board President, with The York Theatre Founders' Award.

The event included performances from Christopher Sieber (Death Becomes Her, Spamalot, The Prom, Company; nominated for two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, and two Outer Critics Circle Awards), Marilu Henner (original Broadway Grease), Rob McClure (Tony Award nominee Chaplin, Mrs. Doubtfire), as well as Bobby ConteCharl BrownChristiani PittsCynthia DarlowJ. Harrison GheeJelani RemyJudy KayeLindsay Nicole ChambersSeth Rudetsky, AJ Shively, and more.

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy 

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
W. David McCoy

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Joseph Hayward and W. David McCoy

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Judy Kaye

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Judy Kaye

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Judy Kaye and W. David McCoy

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Ellen March, Cynthia Darlow and Judy Kaye

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Carolee Carmello

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Carolee Carmello

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Debra Walton, W. David McCoy abd Jessica McRoberts

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
AJ Shively

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Jamie deRoy and AJ Shively

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Ellen March, Cynthia Darlow, Marilu Henner and Judy Kaye

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Marilu Henner, Jamie deRoy and Rob McClure

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Rob McClure

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Rob McClure

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Rob McClure and AJ Shively

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Marilu Henner

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Marilu Henner

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Ken Waissman, Marilu Henner and Randi Levine Miler

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Joan Ross Sorkin and W. David McCoy

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
AJ Shively and Gina Milo

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
AJ Shively and Gina Milo

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Tiffan Borelli

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Marilu Henner and Debra Walton

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Marilu Henner and Debra Walton

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Marilu Henner and Donna McKechnie

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Donna McKechnie and Klea Blackhurst

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Donna McKechnie

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Donna McKechnie

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Christopher Sieber and Jelani Remy

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Christopher Sieber

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Debra Walton and Dahlak Brathwaite

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Charl Brown and Debra Walton

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Charl Brown

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Charl Brown, Debra Walton, Dahlak Braithwaite and. Jelani Remy

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Douglas Cohen and Douglas Carter Beane

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
York Board Members that includes-W. David McCoy, Claudia Zahn, Douglas Cohen, Linda Wielkotz, Jim Kierstead, Riki Kane LarimerLaurence Holzman, Joan Ross Sorkin, Jessica McRoberts, Tim Collins, Charles Strand and James Scully

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Jill Ross and Jerry Zaks

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Jerry Zaks with his wife Jill Ross and their daughters Emma Zaks and Hannah Zaks

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Honorees Joan Ross Sorkin and Jerry Zaks

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Jerry Zaks and Walter Bobbie

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Cynthia Darlow, Michael Lembeck, Marilu Henner, Jerry Zaks, Judy Kaye, Walter Bobbie, Ellen March and Ken Waissman

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Marilu Henner and Jerry Zaks

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Michael Lembeck and Jerry Zaks

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Carolee Carmello, Jerry Zaks and Charl Brown

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Jerry Zaks and Stephen DeAngelis

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Jamie deRoy and Jerry Zaks

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Joan Ross Sorkin and Klea Blackhurst

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
J. Harrison Ghee

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
J. Harrison Ghee

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Jerry Zaks and J. Harrison Ghee

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Jerry Zaks and Debra Walton

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Lance Roberts

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Joan Ross Sorkin and family

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Leonor Perea and Dahlak Braithwaite

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Jim Kierstead and Richard Hillman

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Eugene Gwozdz and Jessica McRoberts

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Marilu Henner, Ben Vereen and Debra Walton

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Lorin Latarro and Douglas Carter Beane

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Lance Roberts and Lorin Latarro

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Debra Walton, Michael Lavine and Jessica McRoberts

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Bobby Conte

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Bobby Conte

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Debra Walton and Joan Mischo

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Jelani Remy and Bobby Conte

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Jelani Remy, Carolee Carmello, Lance Roberts and Jamie deRoy

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Carolee Carmello, Lance Roberts, Jamie deRoy and Jelani Remy

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Christiani Pitts and Bobby Conte

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Jelani Remy and Christiani Pitts

Photos: Inside The York Theatre's 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala Image
Jelani Remy and Christiani Pitts


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