The Good Wife actors Alan Cumming and Laura Benanti are set to join a performance tribute to multi-awarded actress Helen Mirren at Roundabout Gala at the Grand Ballroom of Waldorf Astoria in New York on March 2.
Along with Cumming and Benanti, the annual 2015 spring gala dubbed "There is Nothing Like a Dame" will present other performances from Kristin Chenoweth, Donna Murphy, Santino Fontana, Kelli O'Hara, Victor Garber, Laura Osnes, Betsy Wolfe and Alessandro Nivola. Jennifer Garner will also have a feature appearance on the gala.
Mirren, winner of Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy trophies, will be awarded with The Jason Robards Award Excellence in Theater. Six-time Tony nominee and "A Month in the Country" director Scott Ellis will direct Mirren's tribute.
The actress debuted her appearance in Broadway in 1996 at Todd Haimes-directed Roundabout Theater Company in "A Month in the Country," a Tony award nominee.
The 69-year-old British actress is set to hit the Broadway stage once again this season for "The Audience."
Named after the late Roundabout executive Jason Robards, the Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theater which is awarded to those who have contributed "an indelible impact on both Roundabout and the theater world."
Proceeds from the event will serve over 15,000 students and teachers of Roundabout Theatre Company's Musical Theatre Fund and Education programs.
Meanwhile, Cumming will currently stars in a Broadway play "Cabaret," which also stars Spider-Man actress Emma Stone and G.I. The Rise of Cobra actress Sienna Miller.
Emma Stone will play Sally Bowles through February 15, 2015. Sienna Miller begins performance as Sally Bowles on February 17, 2015.
Based on a book by Christopher Isherwood, "Cabaret" narrates the life going around a dingy nightclub in 1930's Berlin where a young English performer strikes up a relationship with an American writer, all while a zealous Master of Ceremonies commands the action at the Kit Kat Klub.
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