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Performers Announced for New York Stage and Film’s Annual Winter Gala

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FOR RELEASE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2010

LINE-UP OF PERFORMERS ANNOUNCED FOR
NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM’S
ANNUAL WINTER GALA

ENTERTAINMENT TO INCLUDE PERFORMANCES BY
STEVEN PASQUALE, REBECCA NAOMI JONES,
JOHN GALLAGHER, JR. & CAST MEMBERS FROM “SPRING AWAKENING”

EVENT TO HONOR
LAURA LINNEY AND JORDAN ROTH

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2010
THE PLAZA HOTEL

New York, NY – New York Stage and Film (Johanna Pfaelzer, Artistic Director; Mark Linn-Baker, Max Mayer, Leslie Urdang, Producing Directors) has announced the lineup of top theatrical talent that will pay tribute to honorees Laura Linney (Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actress) and Jordan Roth (President of Jujamcyn Theaters) at the Annual Winter Gala. The evening, taking place on Sunday, December 12, 2010 at The Plaza Hotel (770 Fifth Avenue, New York City), will include performances by Steven Pasquale, Rebecca Naomi Jones and John Gallagher, Jr. (straight from the stage of the St. James Theatre!) with reunited cast members of Spring Awakening, as well as musical numbers from Hair and American Idiot. John Benjamin Hickey and Michael Mayer will serve as presenters.

Founded in 1985 by Producing Directors Mark Linn-Baker, Max Mayer and Leslie Urdang, and now under the leadership of Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer, New York Stage and Film (SAF) is a not-for-profit company dedicated to the development and production of new works for theater and film. SAF has developed and produced premiere works by such writers as John Patrick Shanley, Jon Robin Baitz, Steve Martin, Theresa Rebeck, and Eve Ensler.

All proceeds from the evening will benefit New York Stage and Film’s support of artists from around the country in the development and production of original work for theater and film. www.newyorkstageandfilm.org.

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