The Great White Way was ablaze with "Light and Verity" during this year's Tony Awards ceremony, when nine graduates of the School of Drama -- two of whom now teach there -- and three alumni of Yale College took home Broadway's most coveted prize.
Half of the 12 Yale laureates won for the musical hit "Light in the Piazza": Victoria Clark (Yale College '82), best actress in a musical; Adam Guettel
Other Tony-winning Yale School of Drama graduates, and the categories in which they won are:
* Best Play: Lynne Meadow ('71), artistic director of the Manhattan Theater Club, a producer of "Doubt, a Parable";
* Best Revival of a Play: Pun Bandhu ('01), founding partner of Zendog Productions, a producer of "Glengarry Glen Ross";
* Best Book of a Musical: Rachel Sheinkin ('95), "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee";
* Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play: Liev Schreiber ('92), "Glengarry Glen Ross";
* Best Scenic Design of a Play: Scott Pask ('97), "The Pillowman"; and
* Best Costume Design of a Play: Jess Goldstein ('78), associate professor (adjunct) and resident costume designer at YSD, "The Rivals."
T H I S
(YC '87), best score, and with Ted Sperling (YC '83), best orchestration; Michael Yeargan (Yale School of Drama [YSD] '73), professor (adjunct) and resident set designer at the School of Drama, best scenic design of a musical; Catherine Zuber (YSD '84), best costume design of a musical; and Christopher Akerlind (YSD '89), best lighting design of a musical.
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