| The Broadway League & The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) Bring Back Broadway Salutes for its 15th Annual Celebration on Tuesday, 10/29 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 01:02 pm EDT 10/22/24 | |
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| The Broadway League and The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) Bring Back Broadway Salutes for its 15th Annual Celebration on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 For the first time since 2019, the special industry-wide event will take place at Sardi's and will be hosted by Tony Award® winner Laura Benanti with performances by Tony Award® nominee Norm Lewis, honoring artists and professionals who have been part of the Broadway community for 25, 35, and 50+ years New York, NY – October 22, 2024 – The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) and The Broadway League announce the return of the annual Broadway Salutes event – for the first time since 2019 – on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at Sardi's Restaurant (234 West 44th St). The event will begin at 3:30 PM with the reception taking place from 4 PM to 5 PM with elected officials, celebrities, and the theater community. Hosting this year's ceremony will be Tony Award® winner Laura Benanti, most recently seen in her one-woman show Nobody Cares at the Minetta Lane Theater. She has previously appeared in Into the Woods, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, She Loves Me, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, In the Next Room, Nine, and others. Benanti is a four-time Tony Award® nominee who won "Best Featured Actress in a Musical" for her star-making role as Louise in the revival of Gypsy. The evening will also feature a performance by Tony Award® nominee Norm Lewis, who has appeared in Chicken in Biscuits, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Phantom of the Opera, and Once on This Island. At this industry-wide reception, theatre professionals will receive special recognition for having worked 25, 35, and 50+ years on Broadway and for their invaluable contributions to the business. Broadway Salutes honors actors, agents, attorneys, box office treasurers, casting directors, choreographers, composers, designers, directors, dressers, managers, musicians, orchestrators, producers, publicists, stagehands, stage managers, stylists, theatre owners, ticket sellers, ushers, writers, and many more theatre professionals who have dedicated their careers to the success of Broadway. Since the first ceremony in 2009, co-created by COBUG and The Broadway League, Broadway Salutes has honored more than 5,300 members of the theatre community. During the ceremony, the names of the honorees will scroll on the electronic zipper in Shubert Alley (between Broadway and 8th Avenue and 44th and 45th Streets), beginning at 3:45 PM and continuing until 5 PM. "Our community's love of Broadway runs so deep that many dedicate decades of their lives to preserving its magic," said The Broadway League's Immediate Past Chair and Broadway Salutes Committee Co-Chair, Lauren Reid. "Once people join our Broadway family, they're family for a lifetime. And Broadway Salutes allows us to recognize and thank each of our seasoned veterans personally for their many years of service to our industry." "Since its inception in 2009, Broadway Salutes has recognized over 5,300 people who bring Broadway to life each night. We salute the crafts people, the artists, the professionals, and a myriad of others, all of whom are at the top of their game and are often unseen by the audience. We celebrate their exceptional talents and tireless work that create the extraordinary, iconic, and memorable experience that is Broadway," said Laura Penn, Executive Director of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society & Broadway Salutes Committee Co-Chair. Broadway supports thousands of jobs and generates hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes to New York City. During a given season, Broadway as an industry contributes tens of billions of dollars to the local economy, inclusive of both direct and indirect spending. Broadway Salutes' Committee Co-Chairs are Laura Penn (SDC) and Lauren Reid (The John Gore Organization). Program Co-Directors are Marc Bruni and Paige Price (SDC). The Program Music Director is Rick Hip-Flores. The Broadway Salutes committee is additionally comprised of: Chris Brockmeyer (Broadway League), Sara Cutler (Local 802 AFM), Ryan Hanley (AEA), Darrelle Johnson (Broadway League), Ira Mont (AEA), Carl Mulert (USA 829), Lawrence Paone (Local 751), Rina Saltzman (ATPAM), Stasia Savage (IATSE Stagecraft), Ralph Sevush (Dramatists Guild), David Turner (TT Partners), Al Vincent Jr. (AEA), Mike Wexelblatt (Local One), and Pat White (Local 764). Foresight Events is the production team. For more information, go to Broadway Salutes on Facebook. # # # The Broadway League, founded in 1930, is the national trade association for the Broadway industry representing more than 800 members from nearly 200 national and international markets including theatre owners and operators, producers, presenters, and general managers as well as suppliers of goods and services to the commercial theatre industry. Key League programs and resources such as Kids' Night on Broadway®, The Jimmy Awards®/National High School Musical Theatre Awards®, Broadway Bridges®, Black to Broadway, ¡Viva! Broadway® , Broadway Membership Fellows, Broadway Speakers Bureau®, and the Internet Broadway Database® (ibdb.com) represent the League's ongoing commitment to creating an inclusive culture within the industry that is geared toward accessibility and advancements of audience development, industry practices, and workforce opportunities. Since 1967, The Broadway League has been co-presenting the annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards®. BroadwayLeague.com About the Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG): The members of the Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) have labor contracts with or work for the Broadway League. COBUG was established to strengthen the position of Unions and Guilds within the industry, to participate in decision making that affects Broadway and the art and craft of theatre at large, and to educate the broader community about the collective role Coalition members play in keeping our industry vibrant and healthy. |
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