QUICK TAKES - May 5, 2009
Jerry Herman is set for a special Tony Award.
The Tony administration committee says the composer of “Hello, Dolly!” and “Mame” will receive a special lifetime achievement prize during the awards ceremony June 7 at Radio City Music Hall. Nominations are being announced today.
The 2009 regional theater Tony will go to the Signature Theatre of Arlington, Va. Other special prizes will go to veteran press agent Shirley Herz and to Phyllis Newman, who founded the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative of the Actors Fund.
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