The
Fourth Annual
TRU LOVE Cabaret Benefit
honoring
Philip Rose and Woodie King Jr.
recipients of the 2002 TRU Spirit of Theater
Award.
Sunday Evening, November 17, 2002
Wine
Reception/Silent Auction at 6:30 pm, Performance
at 7:30 pm. Legendary producer Philip Rose (A
Raisin in the Sun, Purlie, Shenandoah, The Owl
and the Pussycat) and artistic director
Woodie King Jr. of the New Federal Theater ( For
Colored Girls..., What the Wine Sellers Buy,
Black Girl Dance and the Railroad) received
our annual TRU "Spirit of Theater"
Award given each year to outstanding role models
in the producing community.
Hosted
by 3-time Tony winner Hinton Battle, with Trazana
Beverly (For Colored Girls...), Ossie
Davis, Rajanie Hammond, Joel Higgins (TV's Silver
Spoons), Norm Lewis, Melba Moore, Denise
Morgan, Alice Ripley and Mary Bond Davis
performing her big number from Hairspray.
Also featuring selections from the TRU New
Musicals Reading Series, with Chuck Cooper, Ann
Crumb, Dominique Plaisant and Ken Prymus.
Directed by Shari Upbin.
Honorary Committee Sidney Poitier, F. Murray
Abraham, John Cullum, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee,
Andre DeShields, Gregory Hines, August Wilson and
over a dozen other luminaries joined us in
honoring two legends of theater who have created
unprecedented opportunities for artists of color,
and all artists.
Florence Gould
Hall of the French Institute Alliance Française,
55 E. 59th Street (Park/Madison).
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