THEATRE

The Elliot Norton Awards, which recognize excellence in Greater Boston theater, will celebrate their 27th anniversary at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 11, at Harvard University's Sanders Theatre. Al Pacino will accept a special Elliot Norton Award for his friend and colleague, the late actor Paul Benedict. New Rep's Rick Lombardo will receive this year's Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence. In addition cast members from "Spring Awakening" will be performing.

TICKETS, $15: Available at the Harvard Box Office, Holyoke Center, in Harvard Square, 617-496-2222, www.boxoffice.harvard.edu. A dessert reception will follow. Free parking at the Broadway Garage, Felton Street, two blocks east of Sanders Theatre.