Celebrity Chef Rocco Dispirito and More Celebrate Lauren Pizza's New Book MEANT TO BE

Celebrity chef Rocco Dispirito and boldface names from Broadway and publishing fete "Jersey Girl" and new author Lauren Pizza on the completion of her memoir: "Meant to be: the Lives and Loves of a Jersey Girl" for Skyhorse Publishing (http://laridanproductions.com/lives-and-loves-of-a-jersey-girl/ )

The guests include Stewart Lane, five-time Tony Award winning Broadway producer; Bonnie Comley, Vice President of Stellar Productions International, Inc., a writer, performer and producer of the Tony-Award winner "War Horse; " author Martin Levin and Paula Drost, Michael Goldfried, and Stefano Brancato, of Flying Boy Productions; Broadway performers Kevin Burrows and Christopher Sieber, two-time Tony Award nominee, and friends Sam Vassallo, Roseanne Vassallo, Dr. Greg Simonian and Dr. Carla Simonian.

The evening's host, Joe Pizza, is CEO of Interchem Corporation, a musician and board member of the Drama League; Lauren Pizza a New Jersey native, is the president of Laridan productions. Both Lauren and Joe are arts supporters and have launched the Joseph and Lauren Pizza Welcome Center inside the new Drama League Theater Center in Tribeca among other activities.