NYFOS artistic director and pianist Steven Blier will host the evening paying tribute to American composer Arlen.
Musical guests will include Metropolitan Opera star Stephanie Blythe, rising operatic soprano Laquita Mitchell, Broadway favorites Mary Testa and Jason Danieley, Obie-winning jazz and Broadway tenor Darius de Haas and jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli.
Tickets to the gala are available at multiple donor levels at www.nyfos.org/gala or by calling NYFOS at (646) 230-8380.
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New York Festival of Song "creates intimate concerts that breathe new life into an art form that is rich and emotionally resonant, yet is too often treated as genteel, intellectual, and predictable."