TG presents Gimme a Break! This unforgettable evening includes cocktails & hors d'oevres, silent auction and a performance featuring Kate Baldwin, Charles Busch, Emily Skinner, Bobby Steggert, and Mary Testa sharing their 'big break' moments in story and song.
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Monday, December 6th 6:30pm
at the Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Ave. @ 70th Street
Honoring playwright A. R. Gurney
and the Grand Dame of Dish, Liz Smith
Tickets starting at $250
Hosted by
Julie Halston (The Divine Sister, Hairspray, Gypsy)
Featuring performances by:
Kate Baldwin (Tony nominee - Finian's Rainbow; Wonderful Town, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
Charles Busch (Tony nominee - The Tale of the Allergist's Wife [Best Play]; The Divine Sister, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom)
Emily Skinner (Tony nominee - Side Show; Billy Elliot, The Full Monty)
Bobby Steggert (Tony nominee - Ragtime;The Grand Manner)
Mary Testa (2-time Tony nominee - On the Town, 42nd Street;Xanadu, Guys and Dolls)
A.R. Gurney is one of the most prolific and most produced playwrights in America. His Broadway and off-Broadway works include Scenes from American Life, The Dining Room, The Cocktail Hour, Love Letters, Sylvia, and The Grand Manner among many others. He is a member of the Theater Hall of Fame and the American Academy of Arts and Letters and is the recipient of numerous awards including Drama Desk Awards, the
Lucille Lortel Award, and grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Liz Smith is the legendary New York gossip columnist, well known for her bylined columns which have run for 35 years in The New York Daily News, Newsday, and The New York Post, plus 70 syndicated papers. Liz is a longtime supporter and advocate of the theatre, and often features productions and theatre artists in her column. She has hosted the Theater Hall of Fame Awards and continues to write about and promote the theatre on wowOwow.com, the website she founded for women to talk culture, politics and gossip. She appears weekly as an entertainment commentator on Fox News' "Lips and Ears." Liz's daily column can now be read on wowOwow.com, in Daily Variety and in syndication.
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