The 6 PM evening, hosted by Spider-Man and Cyrano star Patrick Page, honors Taymor (The Lion King, Spider-Man, The Green Bird) for her visionary career and support of Sonnet Rep's mission of "classic theatre for the modern planet."
Also scheduled to appear are John Behlmann, Ayo Jackson, Sondre Lerche, Martin Luther McCoy, Rema Webb and Alton F. White. Video tributes will be offered by Alan Cumming, Helen Mirren and Alfred Molina.
The benefit features music by Elliot Goldenthal, Sondre Lerche, Ray Leslee, PigPen Theatre Company, Will Reynolds, Heidi Rodewald and Stew, and Ben Toth and Todd Almond.
Tickets, beginning at $100, are available by visiting sonnetrep.brownpapertickets.com. The 92YTribeca is located at 200 Hudson Street.
