is going to be a big, big day around these parts.
Two weeks from today, New York City Ballet opens its Spring Season with a huge week of Balanchine Black & White repertory followed by its brand new La Sylphide.
Also on April 28, the nominees for this year's Tony Awards will be announced. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy.
Just in case anyone is interested, here are the members of this year's Tony Awards Nominating Committee from the official website. It's good to see the dance-friendly names of Shuler, Gennaro, Shelton, Levy, Byrd, Redden, Bernstein, and Harrington within this prestigious list:
2014-2015 Tony Awards® Nominating Committee
As of 4/8/2015Douglas Aibel – Artistic Director, The Vineyard Theatre
Arin Arbus – Associate Artistic Director, Theatre for a New Audience
Ira Bernstein – Former producer/general manager/stage manager/casting director
Susan Birkenhead – Lyricist
Donald Byrd – Choreographer
Ben Cameron – Program Director for the Arts, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Mary Schmidt Campbell – Dean, Tisch School of the Arts at New York University
Veronica Claypool – Arts Management Consultant, Full Circle Management Group/former general manager
Paul Cremo – Dramaturg/Director of Opera Commissioning Program, The Metropolitan Opera
John Darnton – Former Cultural Editor, The New York Times
Jacqueline Z. Davis – Executive Director, The NY Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center
Rick Elice – Playwright
Harvey Evans – Actor
Paul Gallo – Lighting designer
Kent Gash – Director/Founding Director, NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ New Studio on Broadway
Liza Gennaro – Choreographer
Jenny Gersten – Former Executive Director, Friends of the High Line
Wendall K. Harrington – Projection designer/lecturer
Philip Himberg – Artistic Director, Sundance Institute Theatre Program
Jack Hofsiss – Theatre/film/television director
Julie Hughes – Former casting director
Stephen Karam – Playwright
Corby Kummer – Senior Editor, The Atlantic Magazine
Dick Latessa – Actor
John Leguizamo – Actor/playwright
Kate Levin – Cultural Assets Management Principal, Bloomberg Associates
Reynold Levy – Former President, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Sara Lukinson – Documentary film producer/television writer
Patricia Marx – American humorist and writer/former television writer
Jim McLaughlin – Former Producer, CBS News/TV feature and documentary producer
Roger Morgan – Lighting designer/theatre designer
Debra Monk – Actor
Katherine Oliver – Principal, Bloomberg Associates – Media and Technology
Christian Parker – Chair, Columbia University MFA Theatre Program
Ravi S. Rajan – Dean, School of the Arts – SUNY Purchase
Nigel Redden – General Director, Spoleto Festival USA/Director, Lincoln Center Festival
Susan H. Schulman – Director
Arlene Shuler – President & CEO, New York City Center
Linda Shelton – Executive Director, Joyce Theater Foundation
Wynn Thomas – Production designer
Robin Wagner – Scenic designer
Preston Whiteway – Executive Director, The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center