Industry NewsUpcoming Grand Horizons Star Michael Urie to Host The Acting Company鈥檚 2019 Fall GalaThe Broadway alum and Drama Desk winner will take over master of ceremonies duties October 28.
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Dan Meyer
August 15, 2019
Michael Urie
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Upcoming Grand Horizons star and Drama Desk winner Michael Urie will once again take over hosting duties鈥攖his time at The Acting Company鈥檚 fall gala October 28. He'll emcee Halloween-themed costume party at Capitale.
The star of last season鈥檚 Torch Song and frequent Drama Desk Awards will return to Broadway this season in Grand Horizons as Brian. He won the Drama Desk Award in 2013 for Buyer and Cellar.
At the gala, Sanford Robins will be presented with the John Houseman Award for his commitment to developing actors and finding new audiences for the theatre. Richard C. Yancey will receive the Joan Warburg Award for demonstrating dedication to philanthropic and civic causes in the arts.
Founded in 1972, The Acting Company develops the best young American actors by giving them an opportunity to practice their craft in a repertory of classic and new plays, builds a discerning audience for the theater by producing exceptional productions for diverse audiences, and educates students in communities with limited access to the arts.
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Look Through the Stage Highlights of Michael Urie
Look Through the Stage Highlights of Michael Urie
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Matt Schneck, Thomas Jay Ryan, Michael Urie, Arnie Burton, and Sam Breslin Wright in The Temperamentals
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Michael Urie and Adam Driver
Sofia Jean Gomez and Michael Urie in Angels in America
Billy Porter and Michael Urie in Angels in America
The piece stars Obie Award winner Jodie Markell as propagandist filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, whose work in service of the Nazis defined the visual identity of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.
The Broadway alum's golden vocals brought Old Deuteronomy from Cats and the Lion from The Wiz to life, along with Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
