Last night, May 2, 2016, The New York Pops celebrated its 33rd birthday with a grand gala evening celebrating the revolutionary collaborations of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, the songwriting team behind LES MISERABLES, Miss Saigon, and more. Serving as Honorary Co-Chairs for the event were musical theatre legends Sir Cameron Mackintosh and Patti LuPone. BroadwayWorld takes you inside the dinner following the show below!
The event began at 7:00 PM with a concert in Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, featuring a spectacular lineup of guest artists under the baton of Music Director Steven Reineke. The performances highlighted Boublil and Schonberg's four-decade partnership. Guest artists Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Montego Glover, Robert Marien, Laura Osnes, and Kyle Scatliffeperformed alongside Stephanie J. Block, Jon Jon Briones, Jeremy Jordan, Norm Lewis, Patti LuPone, Eva Noblezada, John Owen-Jones, Hugh Panaro, Lea Salonga, and Marie Zamora. The concert also featured Judith Clurman's Essential Voices USA, as well as students from The New York Pops' Kids on Stage music education program and Camp Broadway Kids.
Photos by Stephen Sorkoff
Eric Gabbard, Patti LuPone, Steven Reineke, music director/conductor The New York Pops
Steven Reineke, June Freemazon, Board Member, Eric Gabbard, Stephanie J. Block, Sebastian Arcelus
Nathan Johnson, Laura Osnes, Jeremy Jordan, Ashley Spencer
Anne M. Swanson, executive director The New York Pops
James A. Read, Corporate Honoree
Maria Zamora & Alain Boublil
Jeremy Jordan, Ashley Spencer, Nathan Johnson, Laura Osnes
Montego Glover, Steven Reineke, Stephanie J. Block
Jeremy Jordan, Ashley Spencer, Nathan Johnson, Laura Osnes, Eda Sorokoff, Stephen Sorokoff
The New York Pops Gala
Steven Reineke, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, James A. Read
Judith Clurman, Jeremy Jordan, Laura Osnes
The New York Pops Gala
Steven Reineke, Jeremy Jordan, Ashley Spencer
Eda Sorokoff, Frank DiLella, NY1, Christopher DiLella, Caroline Sorokoff, Gold Coast Arts Center & International Film Festival
Anne M. Swanson & James A. Read
Stephanie J. Block & Stephen Sorokoff
William T. Sullivan, Co-Chair Event Committee
Brian Worsdale, French Woods & Timothy Stoddard
Eric Gabbard, Stephen Sorokoff, Stephanie J. Block
Jamie deRoy, Paula Kaminsky Davis, Kyle Scatliffe
Carolyn Bolt & Sason Smoller
Caroline Sorokoff & Hugh Panaro
Steven Reineke, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michael Schonberg
Eda Sorokoff, Richard Matlby Jr.
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