Bartlett Sher to Receive The 2026 SDC "Mr Abbott" Award

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF), the not-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), has announced that director Bartlett Sher will be honored with SDCF’s “Mr. Abbott” Award, given to a director or choreographer in recognition of their outstanding contributions to Broadway. The award will be presented at the Foundation’s Gala on Mon Mar 23, 2026, at Gotham Hall. Chairing the “Mr. Abbott” Award Committee are Lincoln Center Theater Board Member Ida Cole; Joseph Haj, Artistic Director of the Guthrie Theater; actor and director LaTanya Richardson Jackson; producer Sir Howard Panter; producer Marc Platt; and producer Jeffrey Richards. Proceeds from the Gala will benefit the programs of SDCF. For more information, visit sdcfoundation.org. Press contact: DKC/O&M (212/695-7400)...