Benefits and GalasTommy Tune Joins Lineup of Stars Saluting Angela Lansbury in FloridaBrian Stokes Mitchell, Chita Rivera, and other Broadway luminaries will also be part of the January 12 concert at the Kravis Center.
By
Robert Viagas
January 08, 2018
Tommy Tune
Franco Lacosta
Ten-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune has joined the lineup of Broadway stars who will honor Tony- and Golden Globe-winning leading lady Angela Lansbury at the upcoming Night of Stars: A Broadway Celebration on January 12 at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in Palm Beach, Florida.
Tune (My One and Only) will appear alongside fellow Tony Award winners Brian Stokes Mitchell (Kiss Me, Kate) and Chita Rivera (The Rink and Kiss of the Spider Woman), and other stage stars at the event, at which Lansbury will be given the Kravis Center’s “Legend in Arts” Award.
Also taking part in Night of Stars are Claybourne Elder (Broadway's Sunday in the Park with George), Kate Davis, Nova Payton, and Bria Skonberg, along with Kravis Center Pops Orchestra conductor Luke Frazier.
Tickets for the performance cost $50 to $115 and can be ordered at Kravis.org; at the box office, located at 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; or by phone at (561) 832-7469 or (800) 572-8471.
Tickets to the gala cocktail reception followed by performances from the stars, with dinner and dancing, cost $1,000 for Gala Patrons; $500 for Young Gala Patrons (45 and younger).
Tune, Mitchell, and Rivera have been a special guest performers on Playbill’s Broadway on the High Seas cruises. Tickets are now on sale for the Broadway on the High Seas 10: Odyssey Through the Greek Isles cruise June 24–July 1, 2019, with a lineup of top Broadway stars to be announced. Call Judy Perl Worldwide for tickets at (844) 561-3625.
Proceeds from the event support Self Help Africa's work to alleviate hunger, poverty, social inequality, and the impact of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa.
Blackhurst is offering several concerts at the NYC venue in the coming months, including tributes to Ethel Merman, Jerry Herman, Hoagy Carmichael, and more.
