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The 2008 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE
Honoring
RICK McKAY
Award-winning Producer/Director/Writer/Cinematographer of the hit film "Broadway: The Golden Age" Theatre History Preservation Award for Individual Achievement
FIVE TOWNS COLLEGE
A community of artists and scholars who specialize in music, media, business, education, theatre, film and the performing arts Theatre Arts Education Award
THE THEATRE MUSEUM of REPERTOIRE AMERICANA
Preserving memorabilia and artifacts of early repertoire theatre
Theatre History Preservation Award for Organizational Achievement
JOE FRANKLIN
Radio and television personality, the "King of Nostalgia"
Lifetime Career Achievement Award
Tuesday October 21, 2008
The Players Club
16 Gramercy Park South
New York, NY
6:00 pm Cocktails and Silent Auction
7:00 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Awards Presentation
RSVP by October 3 , 2008 212 764 4112 ext. 203
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
STEWART F. LANE , Chairman
HELEN M. GUDITIS , President
JAMES J. HEINZE, CPA , Treasurer
BASIL HERO
WILLIAM WALTERS
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Theodore Berger
Richard F. Bernstein, Esq.
Theodore Bikel
Bonnie Comley
Jim Dale
Jeff Davis
Jamie de Roy
Sherry Eaker
Scott Ellis
Tovah Feldshuh
Michael Kantor
Flora E.S. Kaplan, Ph.D.
Rocco Landesman
Linda B. Leff
Chris Lemmon
John Lofgren
William Ivey Long
Linda Masson-Kingsley, Ph.D.
Louis A. Rachow
Tracy Reilly, Esq.
History of the Awards for Excellence
The Theatre Museum continues the legacy The Broadway Theatre Institute began in 1995 by presenting Awards for Excellence in both Theatre History Preservation and Theatre Arts Education.
From 1986 - 2003, the Broadway Theatre Institute developed programs that fostered the perpetuation and appreciation of theatre in New York and served more than 100,000 children and adults in New York City. It's evolution and merger into The Theatre Museum in 2003 was the next step in its development.
The following is a representative list of honorees awarded by the Broadway Theatre Institute and, beginning in 2003, The Theatre Museum:
1995
Theatre History Preservation
Jujamcyn Theaters ( Howard Rogut, General Manager)
Theater Arts Education
Dr. Mary C. Henderson
1997
Theatre History Preservation
The Empire State Development Corporation
Louis Botto
Theater Arts Education
The Theater Development Fund Education Program (Marianna Houston)
Eric Booth
1999
Theatre History Preservation
George Mason University
Robert Kimball
Theater Arts Education
The American Theater Wing
2000
Theater History Preservation
Harvard Theatre Collection (Frederic Woodbridge Wilson, Curator)
Theater Arts Education
New York University (L. Jay Oliva, President)
2002
Theater History Preservation
The Theatre Historical Society of America
Theater Arts Education
The Paper Bag Players
2003
Theater History Preservation
The Players (John Martello, Director)
Theater Arts Education
The BMI - Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop (Maury Yeston)
2004
Theatre History Preservation
Dodger Costumes (Kyra Svetlovsky, Manufacturing Manager)
Theatre Arts Education
F.H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
(Dr. Linda Masson Kingsley, Assistant Principal - Drama)
2005
Theatre History Preservation
Laurence Maslon and Michael Kantor for their PBS Broadway series
Ten Chimneys Foundation (Sean Malone, President)
Theatre Arts Education
Periwinkle Productions (Sunna Rausch)
Michael Presser - Inside Broadway
2006
Theatre History Preservation
Fred Papert
Manhattan Theatre Club (Barry Grove, Executive Producer)
Theatre Arts Education
The Drama League Directors Project (Roger Danforth, Artistic Director)
Lundeana Thomas, Ph.D.
2007
Ellen Burstyn
Carmen de Lavallade
Ben Brantley
Arts Horizons
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