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 Schönberg, 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 was on hand all evening to capture the star-studded events - check out photo coverage of the red carpet 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 Schönberg'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 Genevieve Rafter Keddy
Patty Read and James Read
Capathia Jenkins and Hugh Panaro
Hugh Panaro and John Owen-Jones
Steve Reineke and Claude-Michel Schonberg
Steve Reineke and Claude-Michel Schonberg
Steve Reineke, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Eva Nobelzada and Marcus D'Angelo
Eva Nobelzada
Eva Nobelzadaa
Stephanie J. Block and Steven Reineke
Steven Reineke and Montego Glover
Steven Reineke and Montego Glover
Steven Reineke and Jeremy Jordan
Jeremy Jordan and Ashley Spencer
Marie Zamora and Alain Boublil
Alain Boublil, Judith Clurman and Steven Reineke
Eric Kunze, Steven Reineke and Robert Marien
Steven Reineke and Richard Maltby, Jr.
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