Theatre Communications Group Announces Gala Performers

1/29/2020 3:57pm


Theatre Communications Group (TCG) has announced the entertainment and performers for the 2020 TCG Gala: Our Stories, which will be held on Mon Feb 3 at The Edison Ballroom (240 W 47th St). The Gala will honor North Carolina Black Repertory Company’s National Black Theatre Festival, based in Winston-Salem; playwright David Henry Hwang; and TCG’s arts advocacy at the federal level.  The performances will begin with James Jackson, Jr. performing “Memory Song” from A Strange Loop, written by Michael R. Jackson and directed by Stephen Brackett. Later in the evening, playwright Nambi E. Kelley will honor North Carolina Black Repertory Company’s National Black Theatre Festival, where her new play, Phenomenal Maya, will open in May 2020. Kelley will read Dr. Maya Angelou’s manifesto for the National Black Theatre Festival, which was delivered by Angelou at the inaugural Festival in 1989. She will then invite Steven Byrd to honor the Festival, represented by NBTF artistic director Jackie Alexander and board president Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin. The performances will continue with a song from Soft Power, written by Hwang, with music and additional lyrics by Jeanine Tesori, and directed by Leigh Silverman. The scene will be introduced by Silverman and feature performances from Alyse Alan Louis and Billy Bustamante. Following the song, the artistic director of The Public, Oskar Eustis, will honor Hwang. To purchase tickets, go to www.TCGgala.org. Press contact: DKC/O&M (212/695-7400)...