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Recipients of the Cab Calloway Lifetime Achievement Awards have been named. Those to be honored at the Sept. 24 ceremony at Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford (the village Calloway called home for 34 years) are:
Asbury Summer Theatre, as represented by WBT lighting designer and AST board member Andrew Gmoser.
Donna Cribari — composer, musical director, conductor and teacher — for her work with Mount Pleasant Community Theatre. Donna was also one of the driving forces behind the creation of the Port Chester Council for the Arts.
Vinny Lopreto, a director, choreographer, instructor and performer for nearly 70 years throughout Westchester.
Mara Mills, artistic director of the now-defunct Herbert Mark Newman Theater at the Rosenthal Y.
Dick Nagle and Jeanne McCabe, “esteemed members of the professional and community theatre life in Westchester.�
The Harrison Players, in recognition of Dottie Pustola and Ann Wurzburger, “for their lifelong dedication to excellence in community theatre.”
Selma Rothstein, “beloved dance teacher and choreographer who has devoted over 50 years to the instruction of children and adults.�
The gala — the dreamchild of WBT’s George Puello — will begin with dinner at 6 and the ceremony/performance at 7:30 p.m. On the bill are Craig Schulman, who has the distinction of playing the Phantom in “Phantom of the Opera,â€? Valjean in “Les Miserables,â€? and the title characters in “Jekyll and Hyde.â€?
Also presenting will be Robi Hager, from the Broadway cast of “Spring Awakening.�
Tickets are $50, including dinner and gratuity. Call 914-630-1089.
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