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Students from Brooklyn’s PS 97 opened the ceremonies performing “Give My Regards to Broadway.”
Over at the auditorium of the McGraw Building on Sixth Avenue and West 49th, Bebe
Neuwirth (Chicago) Karen Ziemba (Curtains), Roger Bart (Young Frankenstein),
Rebecca Luker (Mary Poppins), Danny Burstein (The Drowsy Chaperone), A. R.
Gurney (playwright, Love Letters), Shannon O’Bryan (recent Encores production of Follies) cast
of Three MoTenors, and Pia Lindstrom were all there for Inside Broadway’s 25th Gala
Concert. Inside Broadway is the and acclaimed children’s theater organization founded in 1982 by
Michael Presser to create the audiences of tomorrow.
The evening was preceded by a 6 PM cocktail reception, which featured Pia Lindstrom as Master of
Ceremonies, casts of several Broadway shows in performance (TBA), and the organization’s annual
Broadway Beacon Awards. These are given to individuals in the theatre industry who have been
advocates for increasing the audience for live theatre in New York City, particularly in helping to develop
new young audiences for Broadway.
John and Angela Diaz
New York City Deputy Mayor Dennis Wolcott and Mrs. Wolcott
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This year’s honorees included such Tony Award-winning and nominated performers as Bebe Neuwirth star
of stage and screen, Roger Bart, star of Broadway’s upcoming Young Frankenstein, and Broadway
couple Rebecca Luker of Mary Poppins and Danny Burstein of The Drowsy Chaperone. Previous
Broadway Beacon winners, many of whom have participated in Inside Broadway productions and
events, have included Carol Channing, Joel Grey, Tovah Feldshuh, Karen Ziemba,
Sutton Foster, and Karen Mason.
In addition, special Beacon awards were presented by the Board of Directors of Inside Broadway to
Michael Presser, the Founder & Executive Director of the organization, for 25 Years of Distinguished
Service, and to William G. Tung, a member of the Board of Directors, and a Managing Director of the
Rockefeller Group Development Corporation, who has also served Inside Broadway for almost 7 years
Benefit Chairs for the event were Harry Coghlan, President and General Manager, Clear Channel
Spectacolor; Joseph Coppotelli, Vice-Chairman, Structuretone; L. Bradford Perkins, Founder,
Perkins-Eastman; Catherine Michaelson, Principal, Michaelson Associates and Student Advisor,
Harvard Law School; George Stonbely, President, Spectacular Ventures; Joseph Cabrera,
Executive Vice-President, Cushman & Wakefield; and David Jaffe, President, HighRise Systems, Inc.
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The company celebrated its 25th anniversary with a Broadway performance last November at the Winter
Garden Theatre, for both school groups and the public, with excerpts from Broadway shows. Guest
speakers at the event included Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, New York City Schools
Chancellor Joel Klein, Shubert Organization Chairman Gerald Schoenfeld and many other officials
and theatre artists. The 25th Anniversary Season will continue in the fall with school workshops, a special
Creating the Magic, a behind-the-scenes look at a Broadway show and the various careers in theater,
and the spring production of the hit You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.
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Inside Broadway began its unique programs in 1982, at the request of Shubert Organization President
Bernard Jacobs, by creating the first Broadway student ticket program, for the musical Cats. The
organization also created the first educational video showing the behind the scenes at the Winter Garden
Theater and created 50 minute versions of hit Broadway shows that travel to schools to introduce young
people to musical theatre.
Roger Bart, Michael Presser, and Shannon O’Bryan
Joseph Cozza, Michael Presser, and Joseph Benincasa
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Molly Hart, David Jaffe, Cathy Michaelson, Michael Griffin, and Georgeanne
Jaffe
Corine Shane, Gloria Shafer, Irwin Fingerit, and Ted Sayers
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Pia Lindstrom Jonathan Green and Joseph Cabrera Karen Ziemba presenting a Broadway
Beacon award to Bebe Neuwirth
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Bebe Neuwirth accepting the award
A.R. Gurney presented the Broadway Beacon award to
Rebecca Luker and Danny Burstein
Peter L. Malkin and Howard Zipser
Danny Burstein and his wife Rebecca Luker
accepting the award
New York City Council member David Weprin
Anthony W. Guido
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Joseph Coppotelli
The Tung family: William Tung with his son William Jr.,
and wife Ellen
Rosa Abreu, Lisa Lichtenstein, and Mark Irgang
Last Tuesday, October 23rd, American Ballet Theatre kicked off their upcoming season at
City Center with their annual Fall Gala. Guests enjoyed highlights from the fall season performed by ABT's
world renowned dancers at New York City Center and then traveled to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel for a
black tie dinner. The evening raised a record breaking $1.2 Million for ABT.
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Somers Farkas and Adrienne Vittadini Susan Fales Hill and Rachel Moore Jean and Larry Shaw
Keith and Barbara Gollust Lewis Ranieri and Adrienne Arsht Jorma Elo and Bruce Levingston
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Kevin McKenzie with Frederica and Stephen Friedman
Peter Lyden, Barbara Gollust, and Bruce Levingston
Jamee and Peter Gregory Grace Hightower DeNiro and Robert DeNiro Anna Benton and Pamela Fielder
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Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia Gillian and Sylvester Miniter Susan Fosset Sosin and Patricia Shaw
David Koch, Lewis Ranieri, and Julia Koch
Karen LeFrak, John Banta, and Anne Grauso
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Xiomara Reyes Fe Fendi Anka Palitz
David Ford, Pamela Fielder, Steve Alpirin, and Anna Benton Karin Schwalb Jackie Weld Drake
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Karen LeFrak, Paul Wilmot, and Rachel Moore Jill and Andrew Roosevelt Martine van Hamel, Kevin McKenzie, and Frederica
Friedman
Muffie Potter Aston and Dr. Sherrell Aston Judy and Sam Peabody Barbara and Donald Tober
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House & Garden’s editor-in-chief Dominique Browning hosted the Design Happening
Leadership Breakfast at The Four Seasons to kick off her magazine’s new design. I first saw it sitting in the
tea room of the Madinat Jumeirah hotel in Dubai while waiting for my lunch. I thought I was looking at (I
knew I was looking at) the magazine’s “International” edition. It said so on the cover. It looked so fresh and
clean that I wondered why they didn’t do the same for the national edition. Well, they had, they did. And it
looks great, like its brainy editor.
The breakfast was attended by leading architecture and design-firm principals for a panel discussion on the
business of being creative and the changing parameters of design in the city. Moderated by Peter
Sallick, the panel of experts included Linda Fargo, Tim Haynes, Kevin Roberts, Reed
Krakoff, Murray Moss, Edwin Schlossberg and Annabelle Selldorf. Among those
attending were Tiffany’s design director Robert Ruffino, interior designer/now retailer Charlotte
Moss; PR executive Jim Brodsky, and interior designers Susan Zises Green and Richard
Mishaan.
Jeffrey Riedel and David Taylor for Agostino Antiques.
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Thomas Burak for Scandia Down.
Thom Filicia for The Urban Electric Co.
Later that evening Ms. Browning welcomed more than 200 designers, city officials and guests to 583 Park
Avenue to toast New York City's design excellence. Tables at the Design Happening Kickoff Dinner were
individually sponsored and designed by several creative designers including DeJuan Stroud, Thom
Filicia, David Rockwell, Eileen Kathryn Boyd, James Rixner and Harry Heissmann.
Among those attending: Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Jamie Drake, Charles and Clo
Cohen, Randy Kemper, Tony Ingrao, Andrea and John Stark, Emma Pilkington,
Alex Papachristidis, John Barman, Kelly Graham, Barclay Buttera, Christopher
Spitzmiller, Steven Gambrel and NYC & Co. CEO George Fretitta.
The dinner served as the official thank you to House & Garden's advisory board, partners and talent
associated with Design Week, which will raise money for a gift to the city in the form of a green rooftop. A
portion of the Design Happening ticket proceeds will benefit the House & Garden Green Roof Project - a gift
to the city of New York as part of the magazine’s mission to support sustainable and affordable housing.
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The panel headed by Dominique Browning
Adrian Benepe, Dominique Browning, and Jennifer Hicks Emma Pilkington and her mother Lisa and Philip Gorrivan
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Clo Cohen and Jamie Drake
Kevin Roberts, Cynthia Frank, and Tim Haynes
George Frittite and Dominique Browning
Charlotte Moss, Jim Brodsky, and Susan Zises Green
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Scott Nelson and Alexa Papachristidis Tony Ingrao and Mayer Russ Richard Mishaan and Dominique Browing
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) honored artist Chuck Close at its annual
benefit dinner two weeks ago on October 15 at The Rockefeller University. Composer Philip Glass, a
long-time friend, presented him with the inaugural NYSCF Humanitarian Award. The award recognizes
Close’s many years as a dedicated patient advocate and a prominent voice for the advancement of leadingedge
scientific research. Close is a member of NYSCF’s Leadership Council.
Among the 275 guests on hand to salute Close were NYSCF Co-founder and CEO Susan L. Solomon
and the evening’s master of ceremonies, WNYC Radio Host Leonard Lopate.
The gala kicked off NYSCF’s second annual Translational Stem Cell Research Conference, a two-day event
which brought together more than 400 of the world’s leading researchers in the field of human embryonic
stem cell research for discussions about how this science is leading to improved understanding of cancer,
heart disease, diabetes, Parkinson’s and other diseases and disorders that afflict millions.
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Loretta Dives, Susan Solomon, Leonard Dobbs, and Linda Steinberg
The New York Stem Cell Foundation wasounded in 2005, the New York Stem Cell Foundation
(NYSCF) is a privately funded foundation dedicated to furthering human embryonic stem cell research to
advance the search for cures of the major diseases of our time. The foundation opened the first privately
funded human embryonic stem cell laboratory in New York in March 2006 to serve as a “safe haven” where
scientists from academic medical centers in the New York area and throughout the East Coast can conduct
advanced human embryonic stem cell research free of the federal restrictions that limit the scope of
government-supported work.
The organization’s mission is to support scientists engaged in human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research
and somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), through grants, fellowships and symposia; to educate the public
about the importance and potential benefits of hESC research and SCNT; and to establish new
collaborative, state-of-the-art research facilities supported entirely with private funds and directly focused on
curing disease.
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Kevin Eggan, Steve Tanger, Nini Fergson, and Allen Adler
Mary Elizabeth Bunzel and David Carmel
Barbara and Keith Gollust with Pam Flagherty and Jay Schwamm
Susan L. Solomon and Fred Shurman
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Lisa Cashin and Ann Pleshette Murphy
Jodie Eastman, Fiona Waterstreet, Wendy Benchley, and Tracy Benchley Turner
John Philips, Didier Malaquin, Paul Healy, and Paul Goldberger
Philip Glass, John Guare, and Chuck Close
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Rick Friedberg, Francine LeFrak, Zoe Baird, and Bill Haseltine
Jane Bryant-Quinn, Carl Tucker, Nancy Seltzer, and Richard Feigen
American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic, Young Forum held its 2007-2008 Season
Kickoff this past Monday night. This reception was hosted by Paul Epstein and Garry Parton at
their home in the Dakota. Young professionals and AFIPO Board Members joined together to “kick off” the
2007-2008 Season. The guests were treated to a short recital by up and coming Israeli pianist Eliran
Avni.
The Young Forum is the membership program of
the Associates Program, the young leadership
division of AFIPO. Each year, Associates (ages 21
to 40) participate in events ranging from private
musicales to a variety of social activities to the
Gala concert at the Waldorf=Astoria.
This year’s annual benefit concert and dinner, a
Tribute to Leonard Bernstein, will take place on
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008, at the
Waldorf=Astoria. Gala Co-Chairmen are Ophira
and Joram Cukierman, Rachel L.
Posner and W. Michael Weinstein.
Michael Barrett, a protégé of Maestro
Bernstein’s will conduct, fifty members of the Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra along with four vocalists
Paul Epstein
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will perform Bernstein’s Broadway music including Candide, On the Town, Wonderful Town and
West Side Story! Jamie Bernstein, daughter of Leonard Bernstein, will share insights about
her father as she hosts the musical event.
For more information about the Associates or Young Forum, please contact Marissa A. Schoenfeld at (212)
697-2949 or mschoenfeld@afipo.org. To learn more about the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra, please visit www.afipo.org.
Jillian Merns, Lynn Syms, and Ron Prasker
Jill Keiser and Lesley Arlein
Marissa Schoenfeld, Marjorie Aaron, and Ophira Cukierman
Wendy Rockman and Betsy Eisenberg
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Shawn Simpson, Victoria Stein, Joe Weilgus, and Lauren Lipson
Joram Cukierman
Alex Friedman and Alon Hoshmand
Jill Helene, Julia Alexander, and Daniel Pincus
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Julie Kuflik and Michael Doft
Juliet Kalib and Jill Keiser
Ophira Cukierman and Noami Rudich
Ray Javdan and Beverly Bloom
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