Photo Coverage: Chita Rivera, Gavin Creel, Laura Benanti, and More Attend the Fifth Annual Broadway Back To School Gala
By: Walter McBride Sep. 23, 2019
The Broadway Back to School gala honored Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman on Sunday, September 22, 2019, at the Edison Ballroom. Shaiman and Wittman received the Broadway Back to School Award recognizing their impact as key leaders in the theatrical industry and education in building access and excellence in school theatre. The gala is a benefit for the Educational Theatre Foundation (ETF) which provides financial support for theatre education programs for schools in need.
Guests in attendance included special guest Chita Rivera, as well as an all-star cast including Laura Benanti, John Cariani, Gavin Creel, Megan Hilty, Evan Ruggiero, Alex Stone, and J. Harrison Ghee who appeared as Crystal Demure.
BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out the photos below!
Broadway Back to School is the only event where professional artists share their talents alongside award-winning student Thespians from across the country. (Thespians are members of the International Thespian Society, the honor organization for middle and high school theatre students, with 2.4 million alums, currently celebrating its 90th anniversary.)
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Hunter Bell, Julie Cohen Theobald, Kim Rogers and Matt Conover
Julie Cohen Theobald
Matt Conover
Hunter Bell, Julie Cohen Theobald, Kim Rogers, Matt Conover and Hans Weichhart
Matt Conover and Julie Cohen Theobald
Marc Shaiman and Louis Marabal
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
Marc Shaiman, Julie Cohen Theobald and Scott Wittman
J. Harrison Ghee
J. Harrison Ghee
J. Harrison Ghee
J. Harrison Ghee
Brannon Evans
Brannon Evans
Brannon Evans and Laura Benanti
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