Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts held Some Enchanted Evening, the 27th Annual Summer Gala in Sag Harbor on the Long Wharf on July 7, 2018, with Jane Lynch as emcee. The event benefits Bay Street's educational and theatrical programs. The evening included special performances as well as a silent auction, cocktail party, live auction with celebrity auctioneer Richard Kind, dinner and dancing. And due to future restoration of the Long Wharf, this was the final gala to be held there.
The theme this year was a
Celebration of the Golden Age of Broadway. A star-filled concert kicked off the evening, with songs from the most beloved musicals including
South Pacific, West Side Story, On The Town, Carousel, and more, written by the hilarious, award-winning playwright
Jonathan Tolins (playwright of
Buyer and Cellar and Bay Street's hit comedy
The Forgotten Woman).
Entertainment included Broadway star and East Hampton resident
Howard McGillin (
Mystery of Edwin Drood, Gigi, Bay Street's My Fair Lady and Grey Gardens) performing "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Something's Coming"; German and Australian star
Sarah Bowden (Disney's
Hunchback of Notre Dame, A Chorus Line at the Hollywood Bowl) and
Cory Lingner performed "Whatever Lolo Wants" with special thanks from
Mary Callahan and
Nicole Fosse from The Verdon Fosse Legacy; choreographer
Joshua Bergasse who recreated his Tony nominated staging of "New York, New York" from
On the Town; and
Robert Fairchild, former Principal Dancer New York City Ballet and starred in
An American in Paris on Broadway performed "Kansas City";
Phyre Hawkins performed "Come Rain or Come Shine";
Nick Cearley and
Wayne Alan Wilcox performed a medley from
Guy and Dolls; Other performers include Bay Street Acting Apprentices
Kara Arena, Lewis Elliott, Allison Gray, Meghan LeFlam, Anthony Sims and
Phillip Young. The full company sang "Climb Ev'ry Mountain."
Jane Lynch (two-time Emmy winning host of
Hollywood Game Night and an Emmy and Golden Globe winner for her portrayal of Sue Sylvester on
Glee) sang "You'll Never Get Away From Me" with
Richard Kind (Amazon's
Red Oaks, The Producers,
The Big Knife,
Mad About You, Spin City, A Bug's Life, Cars, Inside Out, and Bay Street's productions including
Enter Laughing, Romance, Travesties, and
The Lady in Question).
"It was a wonderful evening and a great way to celebrate our last summer gala on the Long Wharf," says
Scott Schwartz,
Bay Street Theater's Artistic Director. "We will have a new location next year, but we had an amazing music-filled sunset party that supports
Bay Street Theater."
"The annual gala was a wonderful event and Bay Street's only fundraiser of the year," says Executive Director
Tracy Mitchell. "Besides being a fun night in the theater and on the Wharf, the gala is the cornerstone of our fundraising efforts allowing us to support more than thirty other community organizations on the East End."
The evening's auction items included a week-long stay in St. Barth's for 4 at a luxury 2- bedroom WIMCO villa, complete with unparalleled concierge service, and roundtrip flights to the island from San Juan via private carrier Tradewind Aviation. Other items included an 8-day cruise on Viking Cruises for 2, a walk on role in EVITA with dinner for 8 guests at The American Hotel, and many, many more.
This year, the
Bay Street Theater honored Sag Harbor businesses as a thank you for supporting the Gala for the past 27 years,
Bay Street Theater honored Bay Street Board Members
Luigi Caiola and Erik Batt, who along with their spouses and families have been devoted supporters.
Also attending the Gala among Broadway stars and performers were actor
Steven Fales from the upcoming production of
Confessions of a Mormon Boy(July 17-22),
Lorna Luft,The cast of
Frost/Nixon (running now through July 22) including
Harris Yulin and
Daniel Gerroll.
This year's sponsors (list in progress) include: Peeko Oysters, Greenport Harbor Brewing Company, Bedell Wine, Clovis Point Winery, Tradewind Aviation, Channing Daughters Winery, Hamptons H2O Water, Simple Vodka, Sag Harbor Rum, Sag Harbor Florist, Land's End, Oban, Peconic Landing, Viking River Cruises, Searles Graphics, Sterling Affair, Bridgehampton National Bank, Corcoran Group, Hamptons Magazine, Dan's Papers, Purist, Beach Magazine, and WIMCO Villas.
For more information about
Bay Street Theater log on to
baystreet.org or call the Box Office at 631-725-9500.
Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is a year-round, not-for-profit professional theater and community cultural center which endeavors to innovate, educate, and entertain a diverse community through the practice of the performing arts. We serve as a social and cultural gathering place, an educational resource, and a home for a community of artists.
Photo Credit: Lenny Stucker/lennystucker.com
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