THEATRE FORWARD and Chairman James S Turley will lead a celebration to support American theatre at the annual Chairman’s Awards Gala on Mon Apr 11th at The Pierre New York (2 East 61st St) at 6:30 PM.  The Chairman’s Awards Gala supports the creation of theatrical works and arts education at the country’s leading nonprofit theatres.  Jesse Tyler Ferguson will be honored with the Theatre Artist Award. John R Dutt former-Vice President/Chief Litigation Counsel for Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. and Theatre Forward board member will receive the Theatre Forward Leadership Award. Pamela Farr, Buford Alexander, Joseph F. Kirk,  Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP will serve as event co-chairs. The evening will include an opening number by Kevin Duda  and Jason Michael Snow as well as performances by Matt Gould,  Griffin Matthews & Benjamin Scheuer performing a number from his show, The Lion. The Gala will support new work at Theatre Forward’s founding theatres.  Theatre Forward was formerly known as National Corporate Theatre Fund. For ticket information, please contact Emily Miller at (212) 750-6895. Press contact: Polk & Co (917/261-3988)...