Lincoln Center Theater celebrated its 40th anniversary May 19 with a Ruby Jubilee Gala at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, with the evening including a performance boasting songs from past LCT shows sung by a starry list of Broadway favorites. Go inside the special evening in the photo gallery below.
That roster of stars included Roger Bart, Stephanie J. Block, Christian Borle, Jason Robert Brown, Victoria Clark, Jordan Donica, Katie Finneran, Stephen Flaherty, Nikki M. James, Marc Kudisch, Nathan Lane, Norm Lewis, Andrea Martin, Kelli O鈥橦ara, Mary Beth Peil, Andrew Rannells, Anthony Rosenthal, Tally Sessions, Ted Sperling, Mary Testa, Tracie Thoms, Leslie Uggams, Brandon Uranowitz, and Betsy Wolfe. Jason Danieley directed the evening, and Adam Rothenberg music directed.
Lynn Ahrens and Neil Costa
Kewsong Lee and Katherine Farley
Bartlett Sher and Andre Bishop
Jack and Valert Rowe
Alisha Davis and Michael Roberts
Daryl Roth, Kathy Steinberg Ellen, and Howard Katz
JK Brown, Marlene Hess, and James D. Zirin
David Solomon and family
Ide Dangoor
J. T. Rogers
Henry Timms and Linda LeRoy Janklow
Ana Gasteyer and guest
Christian Borle, Brandon Uranowitz, Betsy Wolfe, Andrew Rannells, Stephanie J. Block, James Lapine, Tracie Thoms, and Anthony Rosenthal
Marlene Hess, James D. Zirin, Judy and Will Hiltz
Andre虂 Bishop and Jason Danieley
Andre虂 Bishop and Katie Bishop Manning
The Ruby Jubilee Gala at the David Koch Theater
Betsy Wolfe, Andrew Rannells, and Andre虂 Bishop
Andre虂 Bishop and Dakin Matthews
Isabelle Goodman, Josef Goodman, and Laura Speyer
Anne Keating
Andre虂 Bishop and Brooke Garber Neidich
Lileana Blain Cruz and Andre虂 Bishop
Lincoln Center Theater leadership
Dr. Mariko Silver and Kewsong Lee
Jenny Gersten and Lear deBessonet
The event also marked the departure of Artistic Director Andr茅 Bishop, who is leaving his role at the end of this season, capping off a 33-year tenure. Lear deBessonet will succeed Bishop, with Bartlett Sher joining in the new role of executive producer.
The performance was held on the set of Floyd Collins, the Adam Guettel-Tina Landau musical currently making its long-awaited Broadway debut at the Beaumont via Lincoln Center Theater, and Bishop's final production as artistic director. The company's LCT3 is presenting the world premiere of Caitlin Saylor Stephens' Five Models in Ruins, 1981 in the Off-Broadway Claire Tow Theater through June 1.
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