Joe Mantello to Receive SDCF "Mr. Abbott" Award

10/9/2019 1:10pm


Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF), the not-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), today announced that Director Joe Mantello will be honored with the “Mr. Abbott” Award, given to a Broadway Director or Choreographer for a lifetime of outstanding contributions. The Award will be presented at the Foundation’s annual gala event, to be hosted by Mario Cantone, on Mon March 30, 2020 at Current. Chairing the “Mr. Abbott” Award Committee are AT&T’s Warner Media Chairman of Entertainment Robert Greenblatt; Screenwriter, Director, and Producer Ryan Murphy; Broadway Producer Scott Rudin; and SDC Executive Board Members Mark Brokaw, Rachel Chavkin, and Anne Kauffman. Proceeds from the gala benefit the programs of SDCF.  For more information about the “Mr. Abbott” Award and other SDC Foundation programs, please call Rebecca Hewett, SDCF Executive Director, at 646/524.2226. Press contact: Joyce Friedmann/SDC (646/524-2231)...