Williamstown Theatre Pageant holds its annual gala on-line April 7. The occasion begins at 7:30 PM, with an interactive VIP pre-show for sponsors and table-buyers.
A roster of stage and display screen expertise is scheduled to look, together with Pulitzer Prize winner Michael R. Jackson (A Unusual Loop); Tony Award nominees Renée Fleming (Carousel, WTF’s Residing on Love), S. Epatha Merkerson (WTF’s A Raisin in the Sun), and Phillipa Soo (Hamilton; Natasha, Pierre, and The Nice Comet of 1812); Tony Award winner John Lithgow (Hillary and Clinton); Oscar winner Marisa Tomei (WTF’s The Rose Tattoo); Olivier Award winner Wendell Pierce (Death of a Salesman); Jesse Tyler Ferguson (WTF’s Grand Horizons); Steven Pasquale (WTF’s The Bridges of Madison County); Al Roker (NBC’s Right this moment, Waitress); and Amanda Seyfried (Les Miserablés). The solid of the WTF Season on Audible manufacturing of Row will even be readily available to carry out the present’s opening quantity.
Because of the pandemic theatre closings, the Massachusetts venue partnered with Audible to provide an all-audio 2020 season. Nevertheless, WTF goals to acknowledge the contributions of the scenic designers, costume designers, lighting designers, and stage managers within the growth and creation of productions for this season by allocating a portion of the gala proceeds to these trade artists.
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Occasion sponsors of the 2021 WTF Gala are James and Virginia Giddens. For extra info and tickets, go to Gala.WTFestival.org.
