Actress Angela Bassett (What’s Love Got to Do with It, Malcolm X, Notorious, Akeelah and the Bee, and TV’s Alias and ER) will be among those honored at The Theatre School (TTS) at DePaul University’s 21st Annual Awards for Excellence in the Arts, Tuesday, April 28, at the Four Seasons Hotel, 120 E. Delaware, 6-9 p.m.
Bassett will accept the 2009 Award for Excellence in the Arts. Director/actor Dennis Dugan (I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Big Daddy) will receive the 2009 Alumni Award for Excellence in the Arts.
The ticket price for the benefit is $500 each, with tables for 10 starting at $5,000. For tickets or more information, call PJH & Associates, Inc., at 312-553-2000.