Robert Cuccioli, a veteran of And the World Goes 'Round Off-Broadway, and Christiane Noll sang as a part of the 11th annual Oscar Hammerstein Award ceremony honoring John Kander and Fred Ebb June 5 at the Gramercy Theatre. Actresses Marlo Thomas and Sharon Lawrence, currently starring in Kander and Ebb's Chicago, were also in attendance. The Oscar Hammerstein Award commemorates lifetime achievement in the musical theatre and was created in 1988 by York founding artistic director Janet Hayes Walker. Past honorees include Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, Peter Stone, Jerry Herman, David Merrick and Cy Coleman. A concert of Kander and Ebb's work was given, where the featured stars were Dukakis, Sherie Rene Scott, Ann Reinking, Robert Cuccioli, Christiane Noll, Valerie Wright and Bruce Vilanch.
