BroadwayHD founders, Bonnie Comley and Stewart F. Lane, hosted a celebration for Bay Street Theater, honoring Mercedes Ruehl and Harris Yulin with the Joel Grey Lifetime Achievement Award. The event included a sneak peek at the new Broadway-bound musical Double Helix, directed by Scott Schwartz, with performances by Madeline Myers and Julia Motyka.
Mercedes Ruehl has won the highest honors for acting, including an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award, Drama Desk Awards, and Obie Awards, among others. Harris Yulin is an Emmy Award-winning actor who has appeared in over one hundred films, including Scarface, Ghostbusters, Clear and Present Danger, and many more.
The celebration was a fundraising event for The Bay Street Theater, a nonprofit professional theater in Sag Harbor, NY, founded in 1991 by Sybil Christopher, Emma Walton Hamilton, and Stephen Hamilton. Tracy Mitchell has served as Bay Street’s Executive Director since 2008, Scott Schwartz is currently the Artistic Director, and Steve Todrys chairs the Board of Trustees. The Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center of the Arts is a professional, professional theater and community cultural center year-round.
In attendance to congratulate the honorees were Steve Kroft (60 MInutes), Jennet Conant ( New York Times Best Selling Author), Kristen Lowman (Frasier), Susan Lacy (American Masters), Cristina Fontanelli (Opera Star), Steve Todrys, Frankie Lane (artist) and many more Bay Street patrons.
Comley and Lane are the founders of BroadwayHD, an online streaming service for theater fans. They have produced over 40 films, and 45 Broadway shows, garnering nine Tony Awards and another 15 Tony nominations. They have also won Olivier Awards, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for their stage productions. Lane has been a co-owner of Broadway’s famous Palace Theater for almost 40 years. Lane was recently asked to join the prestigious board of Bay Street Theater, where he has been a long-time supporter and an actor in their productions.
For more information on Bay Street Theater, see baystreet.org.
To learn more about BroadwayHD, visit BroadwayHD.com.
