Annette Bening, one of the frontrunners for the 2016 Best Actress Oscar for her performance of an unconventional, hippie-out-of-her-time-zone mom in 20th Century Women, received a noncompetitive kudo Dec. 4 when New York Stage & Film’s Winter Gala honored her and set designer David Rockwell at the Plaza Hotel.
There was no mistaking who was being honored for New York Stage and who was being honored for Film. Rockwell’s credits are film-free--except for designing Oscar shows in 2009, 2010 and 2014 (winning an Emmy for it in 2010)--and has amassed 21 Broadway credits, winning a Tony last year for designing She Loves Me, thereby foiling a Tony grand slam for Hamilton, the most successful show started at NYS&F.