The Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala
HONORING PAUL GEMIGNANI
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The York Theatre Company will honor legendary Broadway Music Director and Conductor Paul Gemignani with the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre at the 21st Annual Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala to be held on Monday, November 19, 2012 at The Edison Ballroom (240 West 47th Street).
Reception begins at 6:00 p.m. followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. with award ceremony and entertainment beginning at 8:30 p.m. Benefit Committee Co-Chairs are Stephanie Cooper-Clarke, Margery Jassy and Charlotte Rosenblatt. Please call 212-935-5824, ext 215 for tickets or more information.
The evening’s entertainment will be hosted by Alexander Gemignani (Sweeney Todd), son of the honoree. It will be directed by Broadway’s Lonny Price (Company), with music direction by Tedd Firth. Broadway veterans Kate Baldwin (Finian’s Rainbow), Mario Cantone (Assassins), Jenn Colella (Chaplin, The York’s Closer Than Ever), Marin Mazzie (Carrie, Passion), Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ragtime, Kiss Me Kate), Chip Zien (Into the Woods), and many more, are scheduled to perform, with special appearances by Stephen Sondheim and Alice Hammerstein Mathias (all subject to availability).
Paul Gemignani has been the music director for more than 40 Broadway and West End productions, including Follies, Candide, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, and South Pacific, to name a few. Mr. Gemignani has appeared as a guest conductor with symphonies around the globe, and has worked in television and film. He has also received many distinctions and nominations for his outstanding work in musical theatre, including the 2001 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Reception begins at 6:00 p.m. followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. with award ceremony and entertainment beginning at 8:30 p.m. Benefit Committee Co-Chairs are Stephanie Cooper-Clarke, Margery Jassy and Charlotte Rosenblatt. Please call 212-935-5824, ext 215 for tickets or more information.
The evening’s entertainment will be hosted by Alexander Gemignani (Sweeney Todd), son of the honoree. It will be directed by Broadway’s Lonny Price (Company), with music direction by Tedd Firth. Broadway veterans Kate Baldwin (Finian’s Rainbow), Mario Cantone (Assassins), Jenn Colella (Chaplin, The York’s Closer Than Ever), Marin Mazzie (Carrie, Passion), Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ragtime, Kiss Me Kate), Chip Zien (Into the Woods), and many more, are scheduled to perform, with special appearances by Stephen Sondheim and Alice Hammerstein Mathias (all subject to availability).
Paul Gemignani has been the music director for more than 40 Broadway and West End productions, including Follies, Candide, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, and South Pacific, to name a few. Mr. Gemignani has appeared as a guest conductor with symphonies around the globe, and has worked in television and film. He has also received many distinctions and nominations for his outstanding work in musical theatre, including the 2001 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement.
