Brenda Braxton & Santino Fontana to Perform at Gingold Theatrical Group Gala

Gingold Theatrical Group has revealed performers for the 2024 Golden Shamrock Gala, which will be held on Monday September 23 at 6pm at Robert Restaurant (2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019) atop the Museum of Arts & Design. The evening will honor Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty with the Golden Shamrock Award for their tireless work as supporters of human rights and their artistic excellence in musical theater writing.

 Performers will include Tony Award nominee Brenda Braxton (Smokey Joe’s Café, “The Good Fight”) & Tony Award winner Santino Fontana (Tootsie, I Can Get it For You Wholesale), with special material by Michael Mitnick (Scotland, PA; Fly By Night).

 The 2024 Gala will transport attendees to a 1930s deco nightclub featuring a live dance orchestra and musical performers. Guests are asked to dress in their best black and white deco finery. Costumes optional! The 2024 Gala will support GTG’s upcoming production of Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple which will enjoy a limited run at Theatre Row from October 15 through November 23, 2024.

Held each year in honor of Shaw’s Irish heritage, GTG’s Golden Shamrock Gala is a festive and fabulous celebration of all that GTG does. Featuring a sparkling cocktail hour and dinner; a silent auction with items that will include rare collectibles, Broadway tickets, spa vouchers, fine wines, and extremely rare Shaviana, and a musical program by some of New York’s finest performers, the Golden Shamrock Gala is an event not to be missed!

 GTG’s Golden Shamrock Award is given annually to celebrate artistic and cultural contributions to society, as inspired by Shaw’s fiercely activist humanitarianism. Previous recipients of the Golden Shamrock Award include Charles Busch, Tyne Daly, Judith Ivey, Kenneth Lonergan, Kate Mulgrew, Brian Murray, Robert Osborne, Martha Plimpton, Stephen Schwartz, Pamela Singleton, and Tom Viola.

The renowned writing team of Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty has received theater, film and music’s highest honors—the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Olivier Awards, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes and four Grammys. They serve on the Council of the Dramatists Guild of America and founded the DGF Fellows Program for Emerging Writers. In 2014 they received the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement and in 2015 they were inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.

Tickets for the GTG Golden Shamrock Gala begin at $450 for a single ticket, $800 for a pair, and $6,000 for a table of 10. Tickets can be purchased at tinyurl.com/GTG2024GALA or by contacting the Gingold office at 212-355-7823 or info@gingoldgroup.org.  

Performances of GTG’s upcoming production of George Bernard Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple begin this fall in Theater Two at Theatre Row (410 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036). Previews begin October 15 for a run through November 23, 2024. Tickets are available now at tinyurl.com/TDD24a.

The Devil’s Disciple, set during the American Revolution, embraces authentic events from 1777. This new production will completely reimagine the Shaw classic from a large cast of 13 to an ensemble of 5 actresses. This charged adaptation emphasizes the need for individuals to embrace their responsibility to keep democracy alive and well. Shaw wrote the play as a thinly veiled call for a Free Ireland, which accounts for it being banned in Britain for years. The Devil’s Disciple features a colorful group of characters doing everything they can to stand up for what they truly believe. As with all of Shaw’s plays, it offers a reminder of how important it is to challenge everything, to live the person you want to be as fully as you can, and to always be an active, engaged and contributive member of one’s community.

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