Lincoln Center's "Good Night Alice" Gala concert.
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On
April 30 Lincoln Center said “Good
Night Alice” with a star-studded gala concert
and benefit saluting one of New York's most celebrated
venues, Alice Tully Hall. The gala
concert was the last in the hall before its temporary
closing to complete renovations begun in summer 2006
as part of Lincoln Center's multi-year transformation.
Over 700 guests attended the gala which raised $5.2
million to help support Lincoln Center for the Performing
Arts and its redevelopment project. The “Good
Night Alice” benefit co-chairs were Katherine
Farley and Jerry I. Speyer and Charles Prince and Margaret
Wolff.
The evening's program paid tribute to Alice Tully
Hall with performances by internationally-acclaimed artists
and the world-renowned Lincoln Center resident organizations
who regularly appear there. Among the performers
were The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center,
Jazz at Lincoln Center artistic director, trumpeter Wynton
Marsalis, Broadway's Kelli O'Hara,
composer/performers Laurie Anderson and Philip
Glass, and the Juilliard Orchestra conducted
by David Robertson. Also participating
was the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Following
the concert, guests enjoyed dinner in an elegantly-bedecked
party tent in Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park. Tom
Brokaw who served as the concert's host
was also honored for his support of Lincoln Center.
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Gala co-chairs Katherine Farley with her husband Jerry I. Speyer.
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Host Tom Brokaw.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg and
Mercedes Bass.
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Mary Lake Bennack and Frank Bennack, chairman of the
Board of Lincoln Center.
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Composer Philip Glass, Elizabeth Cooke, and Wendy Sutter.
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Paul B. Guenther, chairman of the New York Philharmonic and his wife Diane.
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Wu Han and David Finkel, co-artistic directors
of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
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Principal architects for Lincoln Center's Redevelopment
Project, Liz Diller and Ric Scofidio with Reynold Levy,
president of Lincoln Center.
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Barbara and John Vogelstein.
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Diane Taylor and Katherine G. Farley. |
Richard D. Parsons.
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Renee E. Belfer. |
Actress/singer Kelli O'Hara.
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Elizabeth Cooke and her daughter
Emily Feinstein.
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Daryl Roth and Tom Brokaw.
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| Photos:
Image 1: Stephanie Berger for Lincoln Center, Inc.
All other images: ©Patrick McMullan/Scott
Rudd |
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