2021 Gracie Mansion Gala to Salute Broadway's Return

6/25/2021 11:14am


Gracie Mansion Conservancy, stewards of The People’s House, has announced that its 2021 Gala, RAISING THE CURTAIN: THEATER IS BACK! will be presented virtually next Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 6:00 PM ET. This one-of-a-kind evening is a celebration of Broadway, the heartbeat of New York City. The 2021 Gracie Mansion Conservancy Gala, hosted by Broadway’s original Deena Jones from "Dreamgirls,Sheryl Lee Ralph features premiere performances and appearances from the upcoming "Thoughts of a Colored Man" playwright Keenan Scott II and director Steve H. Broadnax III; David Henry HwangBobby Conte Thornton; Jessica Phillips; John Gallagher, Jr.; and Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber.  As part of this year’s Gala, Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell will be presented the Key to the City for his work as Chairman of The Actors Fund which has raised over $22 million to support over 40,000 out-of-work theater and entertainment professionals during the COVID pandemic. In addition, there will be a Silent Auction featuring artists exhibited in the Gracie Mansion public rooms since 2019 in the shows She Persists: A Century of Women Artists in New York, 1919-2019 and CATALYST: Art and Social Justice. Tickets, with proceeds benefiting the Gracie Mansion Conservancy and The Actors Fund, can be purchased at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/raising-the-curtain-theater-is-back-registration-154598421039. The Gracie Mansion 2021 Virtual Gala creative team includes Paul McGill, (Director) Harry McFann (Director of Photography), Eliza Anastasio (original music), and Rick Miramontez and Matthew Troillett (Producers).  Susan Goulet is Production Manager. The Gracie Mansion Conservancy is a private not-for-profit corporation established to preserve, maintain, enhance, and enliven Gracie Mansion – one of the oldest surviving wood structures in Manhattan and home to the sitting mayors of New York City and their families since 1942, when the La Guardias arrived as the first official residents. Press contact: DKC/O&M (212/695-7400)...