Gala

Hosted by Saoirse Ronan
adapted & directed by Charlotte Moore
musical direction by John Bell
Choreography by Barry McNabb

Honoring board chair Ellen McCourt for her leadership and support over the past decade

June, 13, 2016 at 7:00PM
The Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street New York, NY

Irish Rep cast members Melissa Errico, Malcolm Gets, David Staller and Max Von Essen reprise their original roles and are joined by Jim Norton as Finian and Megan Fairchild from New York City Ballet as Susan the Silent, plus a full chorus and a cast of Broadway stars!

The groundbreaking 1947 musical follows an Irishman who steals a feisty leprechaun’s pot of gold and escapes with his daughter, Sharon, to Missitucky, a mythical region in the United States that is part of the Jim Crow South.  The daughter and the sprite each find romance with others, but also encounter bigotry, economic disparity and cultural injustice.

The score is spiked with such popular show tunes as “Old Devil Moon,” “How Are Things in Glocca Morra?” and “Look to the Rainbow,” plus spicy comic and satiric songs such as “When I’m Not Near the Girl I Love,” and “When the Idle Poor  Become the Idle Rich.”

hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker & Matthew Broderick
directed by Charlotte Moore
musical Director John Bell

June 8, 2015 at 7pm
at the Town Hall 123 West 43rd Street

Irish Rep’s 2015 gala, hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of W.B. Yeats, the Nobel Prize-winning poetic voice of Ireland and co-founder of the renowned Abbey Theatre.

Special guests, including Neil Bradley, Gabriel Byrne, Gabriel Donohue, Terry Donnelly, Olympia Dukakis, Melissa Errico, Peter Gallagher, Danny Gardner, Colum McCann, Ciarán Sheehan, John Slattery, J. Smith-Cameron and the students of the American Ballet Theatre, will perform readings, dance, and music capturing the incredible beauty, wit, and poignancy of Yeats’ poetry and illuminating the poet’s legacy for Irish culture around the world.

introduced by Joel Grey
directed by Charlotte Moore
musical Director John Bell

honoring Noel Kilkenny, Consul General of Ireland, and Hanora O’Dea Kilkenny

June 9th, 2014 at 7pm
at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre
302 West 45th Street

This special one-night-only evening will feature music not heard on Broadway in over 20 years, including selections from such beloved shows as My Fair Lady, Paint Your Wagon, Camelot, Gigi and Brigadoon!

Performances by a galaxy of Broadway stars including: Nathan Gunn, John Cullum, Melissa Errico, James Naughton,  Max Von Essen, Josh Grisetti, Donna Kane, David Staller, Maryann Plunkett, Robert Cuccioli and Malcolm Gets plus a full orchestra and chorus!

The Songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein

25th Anniversary Gala
Monday, June 10th at 7:00 pm

The Broadhurst Theater
235 West 44th Street
followed by dinner at Sardi’s

With special guests Shirley Jones and Patrick Cassidy!

Featuring: Brian Stokes Mitchell (Tony Award for Kiss Me Kate)
Paulo Szot (Tony Award for South Pacific)
Matt Cavenaugh (Grey Gardens), Jenny Powers (Encores!),
Christine Andreas (La Cage aux Folles) Howard McGillin (The Mystery of Edwin Drood,)
Alexandra Silber (Olivier Award for Carousel), Bill Newhall, Kerry Conte,
Georga Osborne,  Max von Essen (last seen on Broadway in Evita), Kerry Conte (Mary Poppins),
Bonnie Fraser (Phantom of the Opera), Nancy Anderson, Teal Wicks (Wicked), Meg Bussert,
Donna Kane (Meet Me in St. Louis) and Ciaran Sheehan (Phantom of the Opera)

Featuring classic Rodgers & Hammerstein favorites from these iconic musicals:

OKLAHOMA
CAROUSEL
STATE FAIR
SOUTH PACIFIC
THE KING AND I
THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Thank you so much to our dedicated board of directors, talented artists, and wonderful patrons who contributed to the success of our 25th Anniversary Gala!  Whether you purchased a ticket, participated in our raffle, or bid in our online auction you contributed to making our work possible and we are incredibly grateful for your support.

With your help Irish Rep raised more money from this year’s 25th Anniversary Gala than from any other event in Irish Rep history!

adapted and directed by Charlotte Moore
musical direction by Mark Hartman
choreography by Barry McNabb
narration by Ciaran O’Reilly

starring
Brian Stokes Mitchell as Fagin
James Barbour, Melissa Errico,
Nancy Anderson, Jim Brochu,
Dewey Caddell, Madeleine Doherty,
John Treacy Egan, Luce Ennis,
Kathy Fitzgerald, Malcolm Gets,
Ann Harada, Donna Kane,
Lance Chantiles-Wertz as Dodger,
Zachary Maitlin as Oliver,
full orchestra and chorus, and the Keystone State Boychoir from Philadelphia!

Monday, June 11, 2012 at 7:00 pm
The Shubert Theatre
225 West 44th Street
followed by dinner at Sardi’s

OLIVER!, Lionel Bart’s glorious, Tony Award-Winning musical adaptation of the classic Dickens tale of 1850’s London in the time of the Industrial Revolution.

An innocent orphan boy escapes the cruel workhouse and joins a gang of roving pick-pocket street urchins who report to the cunning master pick-pocket himself….the wily Fagin, who rules the filthy streets under London Bridge with a slippery hand. Nancy, the beautiful graduate of Fagin’s “Academy,” and her lover, Bill Sykes, an iconic villain in his prime, fight over the boy with awful consequences.

The ingenious and moving score includes such favorites as, “Food, Glorious Food!,” “As Long As He Needs Me,” “Consider Yourself At Home,” and “I’d Do Anything For You!”

Consider Yourself Part of the Family!

FAGIN’S GANG
Zac Ballard • Jack Broderick • Alex Dreier • Neil McCaffrey
Michael Recchia • Alexander Scheitinger • Patrick Staples • Ted Sutherland

ORPHANS OF THE WORKHOUSE — Keystone State Boychoir
Joseph Fitzmartin, Music Director • Steven M. Fisher, Associate Music Director
Noah Anninger • Jaleel Bivins • Cameron Brown • Graeme Brown • Thomas Cameron • Benjamin Cerauli
Zachary Crenshaw • Logan Davis • John Davis • Gregory Davis • Matthew Flynn • Noah Gansallo • Rowan Goudy
Max Halperin • Theodore Hansel • Robert Hill • Jesse Kahn • Nicholas Koebert • Evan McClelland • Tyler Miles
Immanuel Mykyta-Chomsky • Jacob Norman • Eric Peterson • Andrew Piszek • Zachary Raphael • Charles Rudalavage
David Schmidt • Oliver Snook • Benjamin Van Meter • Ethan Walters • Evan Weinstein • Noah Weinstein • Hunter West

TOWNSPEOPLE
Michael Alden • Anthony Aloise† • Dayna Bowers • Sean Casserly • Matt Castle† • Dashira Cortes • Mike Cruz†
Scott Denny • Beth Eunice • Katie Fabel† • Bonnie Fraser • Frank Galgano • Stephanie Granade Robyn Elizabeth Lee†
Danny Katz • Thomas “TeKay” King† • Matt Leahy† • John Anthony Lopez • Christopher Lynn†
Michael Jennings Mahoney • Alyssa Malgeri • Emily Turner Marsland • Helen McTernan† • Mary Orzano • Eibhilín O’Reilly
Olivia O’Reilly • Georga Osborne • Robyn Payne† • Alex Pearlman • Doug Plaut • Lisa Riegel† • Shanna Sharp†
Emily Skeggs • Ryan Speakman • Tom Stajmiger • Kevin B. Winebold†
†denotes “Oom Pah Pah” featured ensemble

ORCHESTRA
Flute/Piccolo: Jeff Schiller • Oboe/English Horn: Christine MacDonnell • Bb Clarinet/Bass Clarinet: Mikki Ryan
Bassoon: Keith Bishop • Horn I: Eric C. Davis • Horn II: Jeanine Nagao • Trumpet I: Tim Wendt • Trumpet II: Jason Colby
Trombone I: Brian Troiano • Trombone II: Matthew McDonald • Piano: Rachel Kaufman • Percussion I: Michael Croiter
Percussion II: Dan McMillan • Violin I/Concertmaster: Justin Smith • Violin I: Dana Lyn • Violin II: Roy Lewis
Viola: Carla Fabiani • Cello: Melanie Mason • Bass: Randy Landau

Yes, I’d Do Anything…Anything For You!

by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

adapted and directed by Charlotte Moore
musical direction by Mark Hartman
choreography by Kelli Barclay

Monday, June 6, 2011 at 7:00 pm
followed by dinner at Sardi’s

starring
Jeremy Irons, Melissa Errico, James Barbour, Brian Murray (The Importance of Being Earnest), Victoria Mallory, Josh Grisetti, Ciarán Sheehan, Jacob Clemente (Billy Elliot), KT Sullivan, Christopher Lynn, James A. Stephens, Dewey Caddell and Rory Duffy, with narration by Ciarán O’Reilly

Camelot — the beloved Lerner and Loewe musical that defined an age. With its lush romantic score that soars above the legendary tale of idealism, passion and betrayal. King Arthur has created a utopian land of chivalry and civil rule. But when his beloved Queen Guenevere and Sir Lancelot, his most trusted knight, succumb to their passion for one another, he faces a terrible dilemma that will rock his kingdom to its very core.

The Night — So are you wondering what the king is doing tonight? He’s here! He’s at the Shubert Theatre joined by Guenevere, Lancelot and a Kingdom of Broadway’s exquisite artists, accompanied by full orchestra and a chorus of fifty.

Don’t let it be forgot: “That once there was a spot, For one brief shining moment that was known,  As Camelot”

“I was there for Brigadoon…I left the Shubert feeling blessed and privileged, and I knew many of my friends would feel envious when I described what I had seen.”
Ben Brantley of The New York Times, about last year’s Benefit Gala

The King’s Court
Michael A. Alden, Anthony Aloise, Sean Bell, Jason Blaine, Dayna Bowers, Bill Brooks, Susan Burcham, Sean Casserly, Matt Castle, Kerry Conte, Sarah Cooney, Dashira Cortes, Mike Cruz, Dan Debenport, Scott Denny, Natalie Douglas, Beth Eunice, Katie Fabel, Bonnie Fraser, Frank Galgano, Stephanie Granade, Rita Harvey, Katharine Heaton, Robyn Elizabeth Lee, AJ Irvin, Danny Katz, Matt Leahy, David Levinson, Harold Lewter, John Anthony Lopez, Michael Jennings Mahoney, Alyssa Malgeri, Gregory McDonald, Helen McTernan, Brian J. Nash, Mary Orzano, Georga Osborne, Marcie Passley, Robyn Payne, Lisa Riegel, Shanna Sharp, Becca Shimkin, Emily Skeggs, Sami Skow, Ryan Speakman, Tom Stajmiger, Laura Beth Wells, Kevin B. Winebold, Darryl Winslow, Jennifer Wren

Court Musicians
Flute/Piccolo: Jeff Schiller; Oboe/English Horn: Leslie Godfrey; Clarinet: Ed Nishimura;
Bb Clarinet/Eb Clarinet/Flute: Joseph d’Auguste; Bassoon: Jeremy Clayton; Horn I: RJ Kelley; Horn II: Eric C. Davis;
Horn III: Benjamin Brody; Trumpet I: Tim Wendt; Trumpet II: Colin Brigstocke; Trumpet III: Jason Wiseman;
Trombone I: Lane Schneier; Trombone II: Nadav Nirenberg; Percussion: Joe Choroszewski;
Guitar/Lute/Mandolin: Nicholas DiFabbio; Harp: Karen Lindquist; Violin I: Blair Lawhead (Concertmaster), Kate Light, Antonia Nelson, Jessica Nelson; Violin II: Kiku Enomoto, Una Tone, Chris Marchant; Viola: David Cerruti, Armand Alpyspaev; Cello: Melanie Mason, Allison Seidner; Bass: Steve Millhouse

 

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Single Performance-Only Tickets: $100 – $300
Dinner and Theatre Packages available, starting at $750 for a single seat.