Scene and Heard

Jennifer Hudson and her son David Daniel Otunga Jr  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)

Angela Bassett was honored.  (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)

Forest Whitaker  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)

Nicole Ari Parker, left, gets a kiss from her husband, Boris Kodjoe.  (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)

Kerry Washington  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)

“33 Variations” star Jane Fonda, left, visits with hosts Marc Stern and Eva Stern during Center Theatre Group’s Artistic Director’s Circle Event at the Sterns’ Malibu home on Feb. 28. “33 Variations” is at the Ahmanson Theatre in downtown Los Angeles through March 6.  (Ryan Miller / Capture Imaging)

Louise Taper and Doug Walker  (Ryan Miller / Capture Imaging)

CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie laughs in conversation with Jane Fonda. Ritchie said that Fonda attended despite laryngitis, which “shows the tenor of who the woman is.”  (Ryan Miller / Getty Images)

Martin Massman, chairman of Center Theatre Group’s board of directors, throws an arm around event host Eva Stern.  (Ryan Miller / Capture Imaging)

Center Theatre Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie, left, with Louise Edgerton and Brad Edgerton  (Ryan Miller / Capture Imaging)