The Nov. 7 concert, simply titled Only Make Believe, will feature the talents of Hayley Mills, Linda Eder, Adriane Lenox, Julia Murney, Chad Kimball, Andrew Lippa, Ashley Brown, Amanda Green and Montego Glover with direction by Joe DiPietro and musical direction by Seth Rudetsky. The 7:30 PM evening at the Millennium Hotel's Hudson Theatre will honor Kathie Lee Gifford for her "outstanding humanitarian efforts to help children in need." Karen Lefrak will present Gifford with the 2005 James Hammerstein Award. Only Make Believe was founded in October 1999 at Rusk Institute's Pediatric Unit of the NYU Hospitals Center as a project of the James and Dena Hammerstein Foundation. Since its debut, the project has already provided hundreds of workshops for children in New York City medical facilities.
The Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Hotel is located at 145 West 44th Street. Tickets, priced $150 (performance only) and $250 (show plus post performance party), are available by calling (646) 336-1500. For more information visit www.onlymakebelieve.org.