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By: Fiddle Viracola
IRISH REPERTORY'S 2013
ANNUAL BENEFIT GALA
Hosted by
TOM HANKS
SOMETHING WONDERFUL!
THE SONGS OF RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
Monday, June 10 only
Broadhurst Theatre
235 West 44th Street
New York City
Between 7th & 8th Ave,
Directed by Charlotte Moore
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
Musical Direction by Mark Hartman
Irish Repertory Theatre celebrates
award-winning 25th Anniversary Season
SOMETHING WONDERFUL! THE SONGS OF
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN,
Classic Rodgers and Hammerstein hits performed by a galaxy
of Broadway stars.
Favorites from America's beloved musicals:
OKLAHOMA!, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, SOUTH PACIFIC,
THE KING AND I, CAROUSEL, STATE FAIR, FLOWER DRUM SONG.
SOMETHING WONDERFUL!
Hear: a Grand Night for Singing,"
"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin',"
"Some Enchanted Evening," "Shall We Dance?,"
"The Surry with the Fringe on Top,"
"I Cain't Say No," "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out-a
My Hair,"etc.
Host, TOM HANKS, Tony
Award nominee & Drama Desk Award nominee
won Academy Awards for "Philadelphia"
and "Forrest Gump."
Current Tony nominated Broadway debut: Nora Ephron's LUCKY
GUY.
His vast and varied career includes Band of Brothers and
producer with Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetz. of HBO'S, THE
PACIFIC
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Musical director Mark Hartman, credits include AVENUE Q and
SILENCE! THE MUSICAL.
Additional performers will be
announced
Dinner: with the cast
Sardi's, 7:00
234 West 44th Street.
Between 7th & 8th Ave.
Kathleen Begala is 2013 Gala Chair.
Celebrate the Irish Repertory
25th Anniversary season!
It began last October with Brian Friel's THE FREEDOM OF THE
CITY, Julian Sands in A CELEBRATION OF HAROLD PINTER;
Anthony E. Palermo's adaptation IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE;
Phil Coulter's THE SONGS I LOVE SO WELL;
Charlotte Jones's AIR SWIMMING; Robert E. McEnroe and Johnny
Burke's musical of "The Quiet Man,"
DONNYBROOK!; Laoisa Sexton's FOR LOVE; Johhny O'Callaghan's
WHO'S YOUR DADDY?
Revival of Conor McPherson's THE WEIR, begins previews May
17.
CHARLOTTE MOORE'S directing credits include DONNYBROOK!,
NEW GIRL IN TOWN,
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, Brian Friel's
DANCING AT LUGHNASA MOLLY SWEENEY,
A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES, THE IRISH.
AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY,
ERNEST IN LOVE. Plus Irish Repertory's gala Broadway
concert productions:
OLIVER!, CAMELOT, and BRIGADOON.
Co-founded by Producing Director CIARAN O'REILLY and
Artistic Director CHARLOTTE MOORE, The Irish Repertory
Theatre opened in September 1988 with Sean O'Casey's THE
PLOUGH AND THE STARS. Theatre mission: bring works by Irish
and Irish American masters and contemporary playwrights to
American audiences; create a context for understanding the
contemporary Irish American experience;
and develop new works on the Irish and Irish
Americanexperience, plus other cultures.
Ms. Moore and Mr. O'Reilly received the
2011 Eugene O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award from Irish
American Writers & Artists, Inc.
Recently announced: Irish Repertory Theatre
2013 Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award
for 25 years of producing outstanding theater.
Dinner and Theatre Packages contact:
Gretchen H. Page 212-255-0270
email
gretchen@irishrep.org
Individual performance tickets $150-$350.
Theatre only tickets: 212-727-2737
www.irishrep.org .
Further information:
www.irishrep.org
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