NewsPHOTO CALL: Atlantic Theater Company Spring GalaThe Atlantic Theater Company held its spring gala April 27 at Gotham Hall.
By
Matthew Blank
April 28, 2009
Two-time Tony nominee David Pittu created and directed the evening of entertainment, which honored the legacy of the company and offered an "original tribute to the genre of musical adaptations." Entitled An Evening of Unexpected Musical Adaptations, performers and presenters included Raul Esparza (Speed-the-Plow, Company), Felicity Huffman ("Transamerica," "Desperate Housewives"), Atlantic co-founder William H. Macy (Speed-the-Plow), F. Murray Abraham (Offices, Mauritius, Angels in America), Jonathan Cake (The Philanthropist, "The Tudors") and Academy Award-winner Ethan Coen ("No Country for Old Men," "Fargo," "O Brother, Where Art Thou?").
The Broadway revival starring Steve Carell and William Jackson Harper opened April 24. Laurence Fishburne and Edie Falco were among those in attendance.