New York City Ballet Fall Gala
$750-$20,000 ($30,000-$100,000 table of ten)
- Joshua Henry, voice
- Patti LuPone, voice
- Vanessa Williams, voice
Philip Glass — Glassworks ("Rubric" & "Façades")
Philip Glass — Akhnaten (excerpts)
This October, New York City Ballet's 2023 Fall Gala will celebrate a significant milestone in the Company's history as we mark our 75th Anniversary with a program that will honor our Co-Founding choreographers George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, fashion, and New York City.
The Gala program will feature Robbins' Glass Pieces and excerpts from Balanchine's Who Cares? – works that reflect each choreographer's take on the energy and vitality of New York City. Expansive in scope and streamlined in style, Robbins' Glass Pieces captures the pulsating heartbeat of metropolitan life set to Philip Glass's monumental score. The Balanchine favorite Who Cares? is set to a series of George Gershwin's classic songs, and for the one-time-only gala evening, special guest vocalists Joshua Henry, Patti LuPone, and Vanessa Williams will share the stage with NYCB's dancers to perform these iconic standards from the American Songbook. In keeping with the tradition of this beloved annual event, we will once again unite the art forms of ballet and fashion as Wes Gordon for Carolina Herrera will provide new costume designs for Who Cares?.
The celebration will begin at 5:30pm with a cocktail reception followed by the performance at 7pm, and will conclude with an elegant evening of dinner and dancing on the Theater's Promenade. The 75th Anniversary Fall Gala is generously sponsored by Vacheron Constantin and Wells Fargo, with additional support from The Macallan.
For more information about the Fall Gala please contact the Special Events office at specialevents@nycballet.com.
About Joshua Henry, voice
Joshua Henry is a Grammy Award-winning performer and recording artist best known for his Tony-nominated leading roles in Carousel, The Scottsboro Boys, and Violet, as well as for his show-stopping performance as Aaron Burr in the cultural phenomenon Hamilton. In December 2022, Joshua gave a critically acclaimed performance as Gaston in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration (EP: Jon Chu) live on ABC. Joshua's debut album GROW is available worldwide on all streaming platforms, and his highly anticipated second studio album is set for release in spring 2023. He is a BMG recording artist and recently opened for Diana Ross at The Hollywood Bowl. On screen he starred as Roger Bart in the Academy Award-nominated film tick, tick…BOOM! directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda. He also starred as Jerlamarel opposite Jason Momoa in two seasons of Apple TV+'s SEE. Most recently, Joshua starred in the Broadway revival of Into The Woods, for which he won a Grammy Award for his performance as a principal vocalist on the 2022 Broadway revival cast recording. His other Broadway credits include In the Heights, Waitress, Shuffle Along, American Idiot, Porgy and Bess, Bring It On: The Musical. Off-Broadway: In the Heights, The Wrong Man.
About Patti LuPone, voice
Patti LuPone is a three-time Tony Award winner for her performances as Joanne in Marianne Elliott's award-winning production of the Stephen Sondheim George Furth musical Company; Madame Rose in the most recent Broadway revival of the Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents classic Gypsy; and the title role in the original Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Evita.
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