This year's inductees included actors John Cullum, Harvey Fierstein, Dana Ivey and Lois Smith; director Jack O'Brien; playwright Peter Shaffer; and librettist Joseph Stein. The late theatre critic Mel Gussow was inducted posthumously. ***
At Left (From Top): Shelly Burch and Martin Charnin; William Ivey Long and Marian Seldes; Harvey Fierstein and Matthew Broderick; Scott Wittman and Jack O'Brien; David Margulies, Lois Smith and daughter Moon Smith; Pia Lindstrom and Roy A. Somlyo; Dana Ivey and Frances Sternhagen; Joseph Stein and Sheldon Harnick; Paige Price and David Lotz; John Cullum and Paige Price.
photos by Aubrey Reuben