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Drama League Honors Sutton Foster
Broadway Stars Celebrated Sutton Foster at the Drama League Annual Benefit Gala
October 28, 2019: The Drama League honored Sutton Foster, a two-time Tony Award, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Fred Astaire, and Gracie Award winner and star of TV Land’s hit television series “Younger,” and Arts Ally honoree Herb Engert with “A Musical Celebration of Broadway at The Plaza.
Sutton Foster
Broadway Stars Celebrated Sutton Foster at the Drama League Annual Benefit Gala
October 28, 2019: The Drama League honored Sutton Foster, a two-time Tony Award, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Fred Astaire, and Gracie Award winner and star of TV Land’s hit television series “Younger,” and Arts Ally honoree Herb Engert with “A Musical Celebration of Broadway at The Plaza.
Honoree Herb Engert
The Annual Benefit Gala celebrated Sutton Foster’s career onstage and screen, including her upcoming star turn in The Music Man coming to Broadway in 2020, the gala features a one-night-only musical tribute in Foster’s honor. The star-studded program was scheduled to include appearances by Jelani Alladin, Jason Robert Brown, Brandon Victor Dixon, Asmeret Ghebremichael, Joel Grey, Joshua Henry, Peter Hermann, Nikka Graff Lanzarone, Beth Leavel, Megan McGinnis, Marissa O’Donnell, Laura Osnes, Rachel Resheff, Miriam Shor, Leigh Silverman, Emerson Steele, Georgia Stitt, and Jeanine Tesori.
Drama League Directors Project alum Laura Brandel directed this year’s gala program, with Music Direction by David Evans and Choreography by Leah Hofmann. The 36th Annual Benefit Gala is produced by Drama League Artistic Line Producer Ali Skye Bennet and Artistic Director Gabriel Stelian-Shanks, with Assistant Producer Shannon Corenthin and Production Manager Sean Gorski. The creative team also includes Stephanie Card (assistant director), Timothy Huang (additional lyrics), Terri K. Kohler (production stage manager), Whitney Locher (costume design), Nick Kolin (lighting design), Mike Tracey (sound design), and Lisa Renkel (video design).
Photography: Barry Gordin
Peter Hermann, Sutton Foster
Stan Ponte (Board President)
Gabriel Stelian-Shanks (Artistic Director, Gala Co-Producer), Bevin Ross (Executive Director)
Jelani Alladin
Stewart F. Lane, Bonnie Comley
Beth Leavel
Jamie deRoy
Will Hochman
Leigh Silverman
Jelani Alladin, Sutton Foster
Marissa O’Donnell, Rachel Resheff, Emerson Steele
Asmeret Ghebremichael
Nathan Johnson, Laura Osnes
Eden Bolle, Abbe Shulits
Aaron Burr, MacKenzie Warren, Kristen Beth Williams, Christopher Rice
Una Jackman, Stan Ponte, JoAnn Weisel
Megan McGinnis
Beth Leavel, Liz Byrnes
Clive Chang
Gala Director Laura Brandel, Timothy Huang
Nikka Graff Lanzarone
Fran Weissler, Stan Ponte
Georgia Stitt, Jason Robert Brown
Meg Fofonoff, Tim Fofonoff, Lily Yu, Mark Governor
MacKenzie Warren, Christopher Rice, Kristen Beth Williams
Stephanie Card, Leah Hofman, Laura Brandel, Timothey Huang
Paul Kushner,Dr. Barbara Kushner
Joseph Pizza, Mary Jain, Honoree Herb Engert, Stan Ponte
Elizabeth Baxley, Rafaela Cicchetti, Liam Collins Pantelis Karastamatis, Joseph Pizza, Jordan Paige Kliphon, Ariela Pizza, Austin Prebula, Savannah Sinclair, Joey Zook – (The Manhattan School of Music)
Honoree Herb Engert and Guests
Ben Randle, Chika Ike, Raz Golden and Rebecca Marzalek-Kelly
