2011 Sondheim Award Gala

On Monday, April 11, 2011, Signature Theatre honored stage and screen actress Bernadette Peters with the 2011 Sondheim Award at the Embassy of Italy.

The evening included cocktails, dinner, and presentation of the Sondheim Award to Bernadette Peters by Stephen Sondheim and presentation of the Young Artist Citation to Peter Lerman by Eric Schaeffer. Performances by Stephen Buntrock, Erin Driscoll, Eleasha Gamble, Rebecca Luker and Euan Morton paid tribute to Ms. Peters.

 

For information and photos from the 2010 Sondheim Award Gala honoring Angela Lansbury, click here.

Photos from the event:







Chairs
Ted and Mary Jo Shen

 

Honorary Host Committee
His Excellency Gary Doer and Ms. Ginny Devine
Helen Henderson
The Honorable James Moran
Stephen Sondheim
His Excellency Giulio Terzi and Ms. Antonella Cinque
The Honorable Jim Webb and Mrs. Webb

 

Platinum Sponsors
The Boeing Company
Bonnie and Kenneth Feld
Victor Shargai
Ted and Mary Jo Shen

 

Gold Sponsors
A+ Government Solutions
Anonymous
Adrienne Arsht
BNA
Enrico and Andrea Cecchi
Mercedes and Giuseppi Cecchi
Chevy Chase Trust
Citi Private Bank
Susan Gage Caterers
Marty and Perry Granoff
Maxine Isaacs
Wes Pickard and Jeanette Studley
Robert H. Rosen and Jay Fisette
Kathleen and Douglas Ross
Susan C. Schwab
Patty and Jerry Sowalsky
Target
J. Watkins and Bradley Frey

 

Individual Sponsors
Carolyn Alper
Patricia Alper Cohn and David I. Cohn
Curtis T. Bell
Dottie Bennett and Richard Morton
Cathy Bernard
David W. Briggs and John Benton
Mary G. Cadagin and Leon Wilson
Tim Carlton and Jill Walling
Compass Marketing Inc.
Kenneth Conley and Thomas Miller
Ian DeWaal and Caroline Smith DeWaal
Jim Dyer and Margia Carter
Emily and Michael Eig
Jay and Susan Finkelstein
Marybeth Fraser, Summit Marketing Group
Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn
Thomas D. Hesselbrock and Carl H. Spatz
Robert E. Hebda
Betsy Karmin and Manny Strauss
Rick Kasten
Tina M. Martin and Mita M. Schaffer
Jaylee Mead
Howard Menaker and Patrick Gossett
Hazel C. Moore
Betty Ann Ottinger
Evelyn Sandground and Bill Perkins
Sydney M. Polakoff and Carolyn Goldman
Ari and Kelley Redbord
Lola Riensch and J. Almont Pierce
Carlyn Ring
Alan J. Savada and Will Stevenson
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Salvaggio
Russ Schrieffer and Nina Easton
Michael and Maureen Shannon
Mark and Merrill Shugoll
John Simpson
Geroge and Elizabeth Stevens
Barry and Marcia Strauss
Malan Strong
Ann and Peter Tanous
Laurie M. Tisch in honor of Ted and Mary Jo Shen
Carol Trawick
Sarah Valente
Charles and Dena Verrill
Wiley Rein LLP
Maya Weil and Craig McCann
Deborah Yaffe
Stve York, Miriam Zimmerman, and Rebecca York
Ellen and Bernard Young

 

(as of April 13, 2011)