Tony and Oscar winner Joel Grey hosts the 49th annual Theater Hall of Fame for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater induction ceremony, held November 18 at the Gershwin Theatre.
The 2019 inductees are actors Andr茅 De Shields (a Tony winner this year for Hadestown) and Donna McKechnie, actor-choreographer Ann Reinking, Goodspeed Musicals Founder Michael Price, director-playwright Emily Mann, lighting designer Natasha Katz, theatre critic Michael Feingold, and posthumously, playwright Thomas Meehan.
Presenters include directors John Doyle and Alex Timbers, actors Harvey Evans and Bebe Neuwirth, producers Mara Isaacs and Sue Frost, costume designer William Ivey Long, and President of Disney Theatricals Thomas Schumacher.
The Theater Hall of Fame was created in 1970 at the Gershwin Theatre by James M. Nederlander and Earl Blackwell. To be eligible for nomination, the theatre professional must have, at least, 25 years in the Broadway theatre, five major productions, or be a leader of Off-Broadway or a regional theatre pioneer.
The annual voters are the Theater Hall of Fame members and 300 theatre critics across the United States.
Last year's honorees included actors Rene Auberjonais, Christine Baranski, and Cicely Tyson; playwrights Mar铆a Irene Forn茅s, David Henry Hwang, and Adrienne Kennedy; director Joe Mantello; and, posthumously, producer James Houghton.
Terry Hodge Taylor produces the annual event; attendance is by invitation only.
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(Updated November 18, 2019)
