Lincoln Center will honor Stephen Sondheim in a June 19 concert benefit from American Songbook Gala. Directed by Lonny Price (Sunset Boulevard Merrily We Roll Along Kate Baldwin , Petula Clark, Donna Murphy , and Ashley Park, with music direction by Paul Gemignani.
Staged at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tulley Hall, the performance, titled Beautiful Girls: A Musical Tribute , showcases Sondheim songs that examine women’s stories. Proceeds from the evening will benefit Lincoln Center’s education and community initiatives and other performance series.
The gala is presented by co-chairs Diane von Furstenberg and Barry Diller, Bryan Lourd and Bruce Bozzi, and Adrienne Arsht.
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15 Photos Celebrating Stephen Sondheim
15 Photos Celebrating Stephen Sondheim
The Tony, Oscar, Grammy, and Pulitzer Prize winner was born March 22, 1930.
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Stephen Sondheim
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Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert in a promotional photo for West Side Story
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Zero Mostel in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim in rehearsal for Do I Hear a Waltz?
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Larry Kert and company in Company
Alexis Smith, John McMartin, Dorothy Collins, and Gene Nelson in Follies
Glynis Johns and Len Cariou in A Little Night Music
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A scene from the original Broadway production of Pacific Overtures
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Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou in Sweeney Todd
Sally Klein, Jason Alexander, Lonny Price, Jim Walton, and Ann Morrison in Merrily We Roll Along
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