PHOTO CALL: Andy Karl, Ramin Karimloo, Kenita Miller, Margo Seibert, Corey Cott, Liz Callaway Celebrate Ahrens and Flaherty | Playbill

Featured Shows

Related Articles

News PHOTO CALL: Andy Karl, Ramin Karimloo, Kenita Miller, Margo Seibert, Corey Cott, Liz Callaway Celebrate Ahrens and Flaherty The York Theatre Company honored Tony Award-winning collaborators Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Once On This Island, Ragtime, Rocky, Seussical) with the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre at the 23rd Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala Nov. 24 at Park Avenue’s Racquet & Tennis Club (370 Park Avenue).

By Matthew Blank

November 25, 2014

Hosted by Liz Callaway, the evening's entertainment was directed by Stafford Arima with music direction by Daniel Green.

Andy Karl, Ramin Karimloo, Kenita Miller, Margo Seibert, Corey Cott, Liz Callaway Celebrate Ahrens and Flaherty

Ramin Karimloo — Andy Karl, Ramin Karimloo, Kenita Miller, Margo Seibert, Corey Cott, Liz Callaway Celebrate Ahrens and Flaherty

The York Theatre Company honored Tony Award-winning collaborators Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Once On This Island, Ragtime, Rocky, Seussical) with the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre at the 23rd Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala Nov. 24 at Park Avenue’s Racquet & Tennis Club (370 Park Avenue).
22 PHOTOS

Corey Cott — Corey Cott

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Andy Karl — Andy Karl

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Quentin Earl Darrington and Kenita Miller — Quentin Earl Darrington and Kenita Miller

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Kenita Miller — Kenita Miller

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Margo Seibert — Margo Seibert

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Ramin Karimloo — Ramin Karimloo

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Mandy Karimloo and Ramin Karimloo — Mandy Karimloo and Ramin Karimloo

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

The Broadway Dreams Foundation Choir — The Broadway Dreams Foundation Choir

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Liz Callaway — Liz Callaway

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty — Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Terrence McNally — Terrence McNally

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Next Slide

Terrence McNally — Terrence McNally

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Lynn Ahrens — Lynn Ahrens

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty — Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Stephen Flaherty — Stephen Flaherty

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Will Hammerstein — Will Hammerstein

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Stephen Flaherty, Will Hammerstein and Lynn Ahrens — Stephen Flaherty, Will Hammerstein and Lynn Ahrens

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

David Green and Judy Kaye — David Green and Judy Kaye

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Stephen Flaherty, Stafford Arima and Lynn Ahrens — Stephen Flaherty, Stafford Arima and Lynn Ahrens

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Stafford Arima — Stafford Arima

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Sheldon Harnick — Sheldon Harnick

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

Sheldon Harnick — Sheldon Harnick

Joseph Marzullo/WENN

You may also like

Scheduled to perform were Jason Danieley, Quentin Earl Darrington, Ramin Karimloo, Andy Karl, Marin Mazzie, Kenita Miller, Margo Seibert, Bobby Steggert and The Broadway Dreams Foundation Choir. Special guests include playwright Terrence McNally and lyricist Sheldon Harnick.

The production stage manager was Kimothy Cruse.

The Oscar Hammerstein Award, named in honor of the late lyricist, "recognizes significant lifetime achievement in musical theatre." Past recipients include Stephen Sondheim, Betty Comden & Adolph Green, Harold Prince, Cy Coleman, Charles Strouse, Arthur Laurents, Jerry Herman, Stephen Schwartz, Peter Stone, David Merrick, John Kander & Fred Ebb, Terrence McNally, Cameron Mackintosh, Carol Channing, Tony Walton, Joseph Stein, George S. Irving, Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick, Thomas Meehan, Barbara Cook, and Paul Gemignani.