THE WILL AWARDS
May 13th • Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium
PHOTOS BY IMMANUEL JAYACHANDRAN
BY JANET DONOVAN
It wasn't The Full Monty, but Kevin Spacey's mini
striptease at The Shakespeare Theatre Company's
19th annual gala was enough to stimulate bidding at
the event's auction, which raised $32,200, $2,600 of
which went for the actor's cummerbund (the lone
item he removed). WJLA's Kathleen Matthews, the
evening's MC, was responsible for the undressing
of Mr. Spacey, who was in town to receive the Will
Award for Classical Theatre. Proceeds support
this summer's Free for All, when the Carter Barron
Amphitheatre in Rock Creek Park becomes the site
of two weeks of free Shakespeare.
Spellbinding three-time Tony Award winner
Audra McDonald entertained gala co-chairs Robert
E. Falb and Carolyn W. Falb and the evening's
honorary patrons, British Ambassdor Sir David
Manning and his wife Catherine as well as Reps.
Edward Markey and Martin Sabo, Letitia Baldridge,
Judith Light, Sabrina LeBeauf, Chris Matthews,
Jack Diamond, David Carmen, Suzanne Farrell, Ali
Wentworth and Chairman of the Board of Trustees,
Landon Butler.
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