We are thrilled to announce that Tony Award winner David Hyde Pierce will perform at this year’s Winter Benefit on Monday, January 28, 2008 at the fabled Rainbow Room.

Acclaimed television, film and Broadway performer, David Hyde Pierce is best known for his co-starring role as Dr. Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier. For this role, Pierce was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Emmy for a record eleven consecutive years, winning in 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2004. He recently starred on Broadway in Spamalot and is currently starring in Curtains for which he won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical.

This year’s Winter Benefit will be directed by Tony Award winning choreographer Rob Ashford. He won the 2002 Tony Award for Best Choreography for his work on Thoroughly Modern Millie and was nominated for a Tony for his work on Curtains. Most recently, he directed and choreographed Parade at the Donmar Warehouse in London.

Unlike any other event in New York , MTC’s Winter Benefit: An Intimate Night brings you up close to Broadway’s most glittering stars for an original, one-night only cabaret.

Designed to symbolize all the glamour and elegance of New York nightlife, the Rainbow Room is the ideal setting for this unique event. The night begins at 7:00 p.m. with cocktails, followed by dinner, and the show. Additional performers will be announced soon.

Funds raised from An Intimate Night will provide critical resources for Manhattan Theatre Club’s education program, which brings theatre to over 4,000 New York City schoolchildren each year, and will allow MTC to fulfill its mission as the leading non-profit theatre company producing contemporary plays on and off-Broadway. The event co-chairs are Board member Bethany Millard and Fiona Kirk .

Tickets are $1,500 and $2,500. Tables of ten are $15,000, $20,000 and $25,000. Your invitation will arrive in November. For more information, or to reserve your space now, please call Darra Messing at (212) 399-3000 ext. 4147.

We hope you will join us for An Intimate Night at the Rainbow Room!