Inside Broadway news.2007

CELEBRATING OUR 2008–09 SEASON!
Celebrating Our 2008-09 Season
Board of Directors
Irwin Fingerit, Chairman
Michael Presser, President
Howard Zipser, Vice President
Elliot Altman, Treasurer
William Tung, Secretary
Richard Basini
David I. Cohen
Joseph V. Cozza
John Diaz
Anthony W. Guido
Eric Gural
Mark Irgang
Mary Landolfi
Alan Momeyer
George Stonbely
Honorary Members
Barbara J. Fife
Mrs. Bernard B. Jacobs
James L. Nederlander
Vicki Singer
Teaching Artists
Clark Ausloos
Jen Faith Brown
Michael Flanagan
BJ Gandolfo
Camille Gaston
Dan Gordon
Samantha Hancock
Adam Hose
Angela Jamieson
Abigail Jones
Mark Lingenfelter
Braddon Mehrten
Evan Paquette
Kerry Prep
Wende Pollack
Ethan Schlesser
Shay Saint Victor
Ethan Wagner
Britton Williams
Worth Williams
Administrative Staff
Michael Presser,
Executive Director
Nicholas M. Sala,
Company Manager
Katie McAllister,
Program Director
Abigail Jones, Controller
Laura Jean Hawkins,
Government Relations
The Dryfoos Group
David Jaffe,
Marketing & Events
Jaffe Management, Inc
Melissa Fisher,
Development Consultant
Reva Cooper, Publicity
Jeremy Howowitz,
Web Design
Advisory Board
Carol Channing
Honorary Chair
Mary Ellin Barrett
Laura Benanti
Theodore S. Chapin
Kristin Chenoweth
Barbara Cook
Tovah Feldshuh
Sutton Foster
Joel Gray
Nathan Lane
Paul Libin
Pia Lindstrom
Rebecca Luker
Peter L. Malkin
Constantine Maroulis
Karen Mason
Donna Murphy
Bebe Neuwirth
Fred Papert
Steven Pasquale
Faith Prince
Susan Stroman
Karen Ziemba
Michael Presser moderated a special program
on the musical productions of legendary
Broadway producer David Merrick at The
Players Club on March 25 and The University
Club on March 30. Pictured are cast members
Ashley Catherine Schmitt, Alan M-L Wager
and Christina Laschuk. The revue was directed
and choreographed by Cheryl Swift with
musical direction by John Bowen.
Our Supporters:
The New York City Department of Education; New York State Office of Children and Family Services; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs;
New York City Department of Youth and Community Development; New York City Department for the Aging; New York State Office of Parks Recreation
and Historic Preservation and New York State Department of Education.
New York City Council; Christine Quinn, Speaker, Domenic Recchia, Chair Cultural Affairs Committee and Council Members Joseph Addabbo, Jr.,
Tony Avella, Anthony Como, Erik Martin Dilan, Lew Fidler, Daniel Garodnick, Eric Gioia, Vincent Gentile, Sara Gonzalez, Vincent Ignizio, Melinda Katz,
Michael McMahon, Annabel Palma, Joel Rivera, Larry Seabrook, Helen Sears, James Vacca and Thomas White, Jr.
New York State Assembly Members Peter Abbate, Michael Benedetto, Jonathan L. Bing, Barbara M. Clark, Vivian E. Cook, Adriano Espaillat,
Michael Gianaris, Richard Gottfried, Rhoda S. Jacobs, Brian Kavanagh, Felix W. Ortiz, Michele Titus, Mark Weprin and Ellen Young
New York State Senators Andrew Lanza, John Flanagan, George Onorato and Tom Duane
These programs are supported in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
Inside Broadway’s foundation supporters includes: The BMI Foundation Inc.; Con Edison; Jewish Communal Fund; Joan and Alan Ades – Taub Family
Foundation; Loews Foundation; New York Community Trust; The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund; The Selz Foundation, Inc.;
The Shubert Foundation; The Town Hall Foundation and The Victor E. Perley Fund
Inside Broadway also receives support from the following corporations: Akerman Senterfitt LLP; Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802,
AFM; Bank of America; Capital Moving and Storage; Cipriani USA; Canon Business Solutions; Fry Wagner Moving and Storage; Hospitality Careers
Online, Inc; Heidrick& Struggles; International Coffee Systems; Jaffe Management; Local One IATSE; Loews Corporation, Newport Painting; Office
Supply WHSE Corp; Ogletree Deakins; Proskauer Rose LLP; Prudential; Spectacular Ventures; Stearns Weaver Miller; Sterling Information Systems;
The New York Marriott Marquis Hotel; The Rockefeller Group International, Inc.; The Times Square Alliance and United Health Care
Inside Broadway also receives support from the following individuals: Sharen Benenson, Jack Brucculeri, Irwin Fingerit, Barry Goldberg, Gail Gordon,
Michael Griffin, Rachel Hirschfeld, Phuong Ky, Ronald Leven, Peter Malkin, Delmor and Phyllis; Markoff, Martin McLaughlin, Catherine Michaelson,
Alan Momeyer, Michael Royce Laurie Stevens, George Stonbely, Jonathan Tisch, William Tung, and Howard Zipser
Inside Broadway is a member of The Broadway League, Producers League of Theatre for Young Audiences, Inc. (PLOTYA);
Alliance of Residence Theatres/New York (A.R.T./ New York); New York City Arts in Education Roundtable (AIE),
NYC Arts Coalition, The Mayor’s Midtown Citizens Committee and The Broadway Association.
Bank of America is a proud sponsor of Inside Broadway’s 2008-09 school tour of Smokey Joe’s Cafe
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