PHOTO CALL: A Real Live Make Believe Benefit

By Greg Kalafatas
November 16, 2006

Several theatre favorites took part in the sixth annual benefit for Only Make Believe, the charity that brings musical theatre to ill children.

The Nov. 6 concert, simply titled Only Make Believe, boasted the talents of Donny Osmond, Euan Morton, Felicia P. Fields, Liz McCartney, Merle Dandridge, David Bryan, Christine Pedi and world-renowned acrobats KENiMATTix with direction by Joe DiPietro and musical direction by Jason Debord. The 7:30 PM evening at the Millennium Hotel's Hudson Theatre, hosted by Kathie Lee Gifford, also featured the presentation of the 2006 James Hammerstein Award to Peace One Day founder Jeremy Gilley.

At left (from top): Liz McCartney; Dena Hammerstein and Julia Stiles; Donny Osmond; Bon Jovi's David Bryan and Joe DiPietro; Merle Dandridge.

Below: Ken Berkeley and Matthew Cusick of KENiMATTix.

photos by Charlie Samuels