Blythe Danner & More Headline Shakespeare Of NJ Gala 3/28

Stars of the stage and screen will perform at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey highly celebrated annual fundraiser gala on March 28 at the Hilton Short Hills in Short Hills. This annual Shakespeare Theatre event kicks off each season and is the Theatre's largest fundraiser of the year. In addition to fabulous dishes from carving and sauté stations, sumptuous passed hors d'oeuvres and cocktails, and a silent auction that promises scores of unique offerings, guests will enjoy a fabulous cabaret show of music and comedy sketches featuring notable stage and screen luminaries.

Appearing as part of the Gala festivities is Tony and Emmy Award winner Blythe Danner. Ms. Danner won a Tony Award for Butterflies are Free and her most recent Emmy Award for Huff. She will soon appear in the third film of the series that began with Meet the Parents along with Robert DeNiro and Ben Stiller.

Direct from Broadway, 2008 Tony Award nominee Robin de Jesus, currently starring in In The Heights on Broadway, has also joined the line-up.

Star of the hit CBS-TV show The Ghost Whisperer opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt, David Conrad, travels from Hollywood to appear.

Peri Gilpin, who starred as Roz on the hit TV series Frasier and in the Emmy-nominated Showtime film Laughter on the 23rd Floor, also joins the roster of celebrities.

Others set to appear include favorites Laila Robins (NBC-TV's 30 Rock, Broadway's Heartbreak House, Frozen); Tamara Tunie (Broadway's Julius Caesar, NBC TV's Law and Order: SVU); Linda Powell (Broadway's On Golden Pond); Robert Cuccioli (Broadway's Jekyll and Hyde); Mark Jacoby (Broadway's Sweeney Todd, Ragtime, Phantom of the Opera).

Proceeds benefit The Shakespeare Theatre's productions as well as numerous education programs that serve more than 100,000 adults, students, teachers, and young artists annually. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 973-408-3761 or visit www.ShakespeareNJ.org.

The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with guests feasting on sumptuous passed hors d'oeuvres, and dishes from a variety of carving and sauté stations. While mingling, wining and dining, guests may bid on a variety of silent auction offerings including tickets and a back stage tour of Broadway's hit musicals Billy Elliot and Phantom of the Opera, a 42 inch Sharp LCD television, private horse-riding lessons, a stay at the Hilton Short Hills, Somerset Hills Golf Package, a 3-day membership to Vulcan Motor Club, and other unique and unusual clothing, jewelry, getaways and sports and theatrical memorabilia items.

Some Gala tickets are still available. A portion of each ticket is tax-deductible to the fullest extent provided by law. For more information or reservations, call 973-408-3761 or visit www.ShakespeareNJ.org.