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by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

The first annual Born for Broadway was held Monday, June 22nd at 8:00 p.m. at New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street, New York. Directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, director of the recent "Ragtime" at the Kennedy Center with musical direction by Larry Yurman ("Grey Gardens"), Born for Broadway was a one-night celebrity cabaret, featuring both established Broadway performers as well as undiscovered talent. Proceeds benefit the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.

Born for Broadway first began as a student-sponsored musical revue at Marymount Manhattan College, where event founder Sarah Galli was enrolled as a performance major. Galli founded the event as a way to involve the theatre community so beloved by Christopher and Dana Reeve, as well as raising funds for a worthwhile organization. Galli's brother was spinal cord injured 11 years ago and is a high level quadriplegic.

The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy. For more information, and to review the entire list of Quality of Life grant recipients, please visit our website at www.ChristopherReeve.org or call 800-225-0292.

Photos by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Jamie deRoy and Loni Ackerman

Claire Howard and Sarah Galli

Richard Kind (Host), Jamie deRoy and Steve Rosen

Dan Lipton and Steve Rosen

Douglas Sills, Peter Wilderotter, and Marcia Milgrom Dodge

Paul Rieckhoff (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America) Sarah Galli and Marcia Milgrom Dodge (Director of show)

Matthew Reeve, Deb Lapidus, Larry Yurman (Musical Director)

Ali Stroker and Sarah Galli (Producer of Event)

Ali Stroker

Deb Lapidus and Michael Manganiello (The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation)

Kate Baldwin and Graham Rowat

Chris Pinnella