Hosted by Sir Ian McKellen, last night, November 1, the Only Make Believe Gala featured a number of performances including the casts of Memphis, the Cast of Billy Elliot: The Musical, and others. Also on-hand was Josh Lucas, James Wesley, Brad Oscar, Matthew Settle, Seth Rudetsky, The Glamazons among others. BroadwayWorld was there to celebrate the benefit and brings you photo coverage below.
The 2011 Gala Co-Chairs included Gary Cohn, Cheryl & Blair Effron, Dena Hammerstein, Bruce & Martha Karsh, Gary Lynch, Kate Hall, Danielle & Chris Wearing and George Weiss.
This year's Gala honored two outstanding individuals for their commitment and dedication to children and children's causes: Laura Armitage with The James Hammerstein Award for her outstanding dedication to children in need both on a local and global level; and philanthropist and author Cathy Lasry with the Founders' Award for her exceptional commitment to children's causes.
Celebrating their 11th Anniversary, Only Make Believe is the non-profit organization that creates and performs interactive theatre for children in hospitals and care facilities. Only Make Believe is dedicated to the principle that freeing a child's imagination is a valuable part of the healing process.
Corporate sponsors for the evening include, Accenture, Bloomberg, Disney, Goldman Sachs, The McGraw-Hill Companies and Morgan Stanley.
For more information, visit www.onlymakebelieve.org.
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Photo Credit: Linda Lenzi
The Empire State Building was proud to shine in purple, blue and yellow for Only Make Believe's 11th. Annual Gala on Monday, November 1st. 2010.
Dena Hammerstein
Sir Ian McKellen and Dena Hammerstein
Sir Ian McKellen and Dena Hammerstein
Brad Oscar
Stephen Buntrock
Stephen Buntrock
Peter Mazurowski
Peter Mazurowski
Brian Golub
The Glamazons
Josh Lucas
Josh Lucas
Dena Hammerstein and Josh Lucas
Dena Hammerstein and Josh Lucas
Seth Rudetsky
Simon Hammerstein and Dena Hammerstein
Frankie Grande, Seth Rudetsky, Dena Hammerstein and Isaac Calpito
Matthew Settle
Candice Monet McCall, Jill Morrison and Tanya Birl
Tyrone A. Jackson, John Eric Parker, Candice Monet McCall, Sam J. Cahn, Jill Morrison, Andy Mills, Tanya Birl, Jermaine Rembert, Paul McGill and James Monroe Iglehart
Josh Lucas
Josh Lucas
Aisha de Haas
Aisha de Haas
Dena Hammerstein and Sir Ian McKellen
Dena Hammerstein and Sir Ian McKellen
Dena Hammerstein, Sir Ian McKellen and Lee Armitage
Sir Ian McKellen and Peter Mazurowski
Sir Ian McKellen and Peter Mazurowski
Sir Ian McKellen, Peter Mazurowski and Dena Hammerstein
Sir Ian McKellen
Sir Ian McKellen singing the "Only Make Believe" song, :-).
Sir Ian McKellen
Sir Ian McKellen
Christopher Meloni
Christopher Meloni
Sherman Williams and Christopher Meloni
Francesca Hammerstein and Simon Hammerstein
Joe DiPietro and Bryan Fenkart
Sally Rudetsky and Seth Rudetsky
James Wesley, Juli Wesley and Elizabeth Hendrix
James Wesley and Seth Rudetsky
Jeff Rindler, Eduardo Marquez, Maricha Miles and Deb Ryan
Richie Rich
Sir Ian McKellen and Daphne Frias
Sir Ian McKellen, Ethan Frias and Daphne Frias
Sir Ian McKellen and honoree Laura Armitage
Laura Armitage, Sir Ian McKellen and Lee Armitage
Sir Ian McKellen and honoree Cathy Lasry
Cathy Lasry, Sir Ian McKellen and Laura Armitage
Tommy Tune, Glenn Connolly, Lenore Conviser Gould and Jeffrey Gould
Janine McGuire, Jake Ezra Schartz and Kerry Meads
Karen Koeningsberg
Karen Koeningsberg
Patrica Priolet, Jo Ellen Zem, Marianne Hardart, Obaid Kadwani and Jenn Lederer
Patricia Priolet, Jo Ellen Zem, Marianne Hardart, Obaid Kadwani, Jenn Lederer and Jennifer DiPietro
