Photo Coverage: Our Time Awards Performance

Our Time Theatre Company (Taro Alexander, Artistic Director, Everett Bradley, Musical Director) , a non-profit organization dedicated to providing an artistic home for young people who stutter, held its Sixth Annual Our Time Benefit Gala entitled, "Lean on Me" continuing its tradition of honoring a person who has been an inspiration to those that stutter. This year's Our Time Award was presented to Bill Withers, the Grammy Award winning music legend responsible for such hits as "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lovely Day," and "Lean on Me."

This year's star-studded evening's Honorary Chairs were Ricki Lake and Paul Rudd and the event was hosted by Our Time Kids. This year's benefit took place on April 14, 2008 with an all-star cast at the Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at 7PM . Celebrities performed original work written by and with the young people of the Our Time Theatre Company.

Performing with the members of Our Time were Lauren Ambrose, Talia Balsam, Howard Bingham, Nadia Dajani, Ned Eisenberg, Kathryn Grody, Adriane Lenox, Tiffany McElroy, Kelli O'Hara, Jesse L. Martin, Cynthia Nixon, Rosie Perez, Ramon Rodriguez, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Ed Sherin, John Slattery, Callie Thorne, Mary Testa, Sam Waterston, 13 members of the cast of Spring Awakening, including Tony Award-winner John Gallagher, Jr. and more.

Photos By Walter McBride/ Retna

Our Time Awards

Juliannna Padilla, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Victoria Perlman

Jesse L. Martin

Danielle Diesu and Jesse L. Martin

Jesse L. Martin

Lauren Ambrose

Kathyrn Grody and Ashlee Walsh

Kathryn Grody

Ned Eisenberg and Lauren Ambrose

Mandy Patinkin

Sam Waterston

Talia Balsam

John Slattery

Talia Balsam and Adriane Lenox

Adriane Lenox and Nina Hersher

Edward Mawere

Kori Withers

Kori Withers and Edward Mawere

Kori Withers

Edward Mawere and Kori Withers

Ramon Rodriguez and Rosie Perez

Mary Testa

Mary Testa and The Our Time Company

Taro�Alexander�and Everett Bradley

Taro Alexander

Bill Withers and Andre Gillyard

Bill Wither and Andre Gillyard

Darryl Hall

Bill Withers

Bill Withers�and�Andre�Gillyard�

Bill Withers, Andre Gillyard and Darryl Hall

Bill Withers

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After his life as an ingenue in Brooklyn & Queens, Walter spent the next 25 Years in a leading role as a Photographer / Photo Researcher in Manhattan. He is currently headlining in New Jersey with his partner Richard and children Dali & Gala. As a 14 year old youth, Walter was transfixed by his first Broadway Show, the original production of "GREASE". His journey on the path to celebrity photojournalism began that fateful night. Meeting, photographing and getting to know the cast inspired him to spend his professional life doing what he loved. His photography is syndicated worldwide through Retna Ltd. and Corbis.

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