Photo Coverage: Actor's Fund Beneft - The Music of Cy Coleman (Concert Part 1)

By: BWW News Desk Nov. 11, 2004

The Actors' Fund of America presented its 5th annual S.T.A.G.E. too event - THE BEST IS YET TO COME: THE MUSIC OF Cy Coleman on November 6th in LA. At the event, the Actors' Fund President, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Larry Gelbart as well as Marilyn and Alan Bergman presented Mr. Coleman with the Nedda Harrigan Logan Award.

The concert featured: Christine Andreas, Lucie Arnaz, Liz Callaway, Keith Carradine, Joy Claussen, Carole Cook, Tyne Daly, Tonja Walker Davidson, Nancy Dussault, Ilene Graff, Ken Howard, Bill Hutton, Jane A. Johnston, Jane Lanier, Michele Lee, Marin Mazzie, Rod McKuen, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Valarie Pettiford, Charlotte Rae, Alice Ripley, Chita Rivera, John Schneider, Christopher Showerman, Mark Smith, Sally Struthers, Lillias White, and Jo Anne Worley and Jon Maher (ASL). The evening also included a special performance by Cy Coleman himself.

All Photos By Shira Greenberg

Rehearsal | Concert Part 1 | Concert Part 2 | After-Party

Brian Stokes Mitchell welcomes everyone
to tonight's event

Liz Callaway serenades "You There, In The Back Row"

The Fan-Dango girls entice us with "Big Spender"

"How's about it, Palsy?"

Jo Anne Worley asks us to "Repent"

Rod McKuen sings "I Walk A Little Faster" and
"Why Try To Change Now

Ilene Graff encourages us to join the "Love Revolution"

Bill Hutton sings "Ev'rybody Today Is Turning On"

"Watch the stash, girls!"

Their finale (with Bradley Benjamin and Kim Mikesell) is nothing to sniff at

Joy Claussen sings "It Amazes Me"

Lisa Mordente waltzes the "Coney Island Waltz"…

And asks us to give her "Something Better Than This"

Gretchen Wyler sings about the "Other Side of the Tracks"

Jane A. Johnston seduces us while "Thanking[ing] God I'm Old"

Charlotte Rae doodles on stage…

Don't know the words? We'll supply them for you

Paula Kelly teaches us "The Rules of the Road"

Ken Howard tells Michelle Lee, "We've Got It"

And finishes with a wonderful dance

Nancy Dussault and Jon Maher "Fascinate" each other

Jon Maher and Nancy Dussault sign and sing their way through the song, fascinating the audience!

Jack Noseworthy sings "Funny"

Lucie Arnaz belts out "The Best Is Yet To Come"

What a rousing end to the first Act!

And it does get better…just ask "Our Favorite Son" John Schneider

John Schneider considers becoming president!

John Schneider and the American Girls!

Valarie Pettiford sings "I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life

Christine Andreas bewitches us with the hit, "Witchcraft"

Jane Lanier shows off her triple threat talents in "If My Friends Could See Me Now"

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