NYS ARTS
presented
four awards
for
outstanding
leadership
and advocacy
of the arts
in New York
State at its
annual gala
Monday,
November 17th,
6:00 – 8:00
P.M. at the
Manhattan
Penthouse,
80 Fifth
Avenue,
Manhattan.
Tony award
winner,
Barbara Cook;
Elysabeth
Kleinhans’
59E59
Theaters,
Phoebe
Jacobs,
Executive
Vice
President of
the Louis
Armstrong
Educational
Foundation,
and
Kristin
Swain,
President of
Corning
Incorporated
Foundation
and
Executive
Director of
The Rockwell
Museum of
Western Art,
were
all recognized
for
their outstanding
commitment
and
dedication
to arts
education
and
advocacy.
In
recognition
of legendary
honoree
Barbara
Cook,
Broadway
performers,
Kelli O’Hara,
Rebecca
Luker
serenaded
Cook’s
legend by
singing a
musical
homage.
Jazz legend
John Faddis
paid homage
to Phoebe
Jacobs with
a beautiful
jazz version
of The Star
Spangled
Banner.
Tony Award
winner for
her role in
The Color
Purple,
LaChanze;
Broadway’s
Sebastian in
The
Little
Mermaid,
Tituss
Burgess;
Broadway’s
Mary Poppins
in Mary
Poppins,
Scarlett
Strallen;
and
Broadway’s
Bert in
Mary Poppins,
Adam
Fiorentino
were also
there.