Hart to Hart on 11/21 w/ Alexander, McDonald, Goulet, Feinstein, Holm, Harris and More!

On Sunday evening, November 21, 2004, The Metropolitan Opera Guild will honor Kitty Carlisle and Moss Hart at a gala benefit program and dinner at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center. This unique double tribute --- affectionately entitled HART TO HART --- will celebrate the achievements and contributions of these two icons from the worlds of film, opera, radio, television, theater, and politics.

The performance, which will begin at 6 p.m., will be co-hosted by Julie Andrews and Beverly Sills and will feature rare film and video excerpts as well as live performances and appearances by Jane Alexander, Audra McDonald, Robert Goulet, Denyce Graves, Thomas Hampson, Michael Feinstein, Sylvia McNair, Celeste Holm, Rosemary Harris, Mario Cuomo, Anna Moffo, and Rise Stevens, just to name a few. As a special surprise, our honoree Kitty Carlisle Hart, has agreed to sing. The Guild will present to Kitty and Moss the Eleanor Robson Belmont Medal in recognition of the Harts' lifelong contributions to the arts and we will also have the privilege of presenting the special stamp being issued by the United States Post Office to commemorate Moss Hart's centenary.

The performance will be followed at 9 p.m. by a black tie dinner on the Grand Promenade of Avery Fisher Hall. The event is being underwritten by a generous gift from U.S Trust. The Honorary Benefit Committee is composed of the following:

The Honorable George Pataki
The Honorable Hillary Clinton
The Honorable Charles Schumer
The Honorable Michael J. Bloomberg

Julie Andrews
Orson & Allie Mills Bean
Polly Bergen
Mr. & Mrs Richard Braddock
Stuart Brotman
Schuyler G. Chapin
Simona & Jerome A. Chazen
Matilda & Mario Cuomo
David Finn, Chairman, Ruder-Finn Group
Thomas J. Hubbard
Mrs. Kerryn King
Ed Koch
Rocco Landesman
Ellen & James S. Marcus
Anna Moffo
Mr. & Mrs. William Morris
Robert & Gladys Nederlander
Tom Poston
Harold Prince
Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller
Mr. Mrs. Winthrop Rutherfurd, Jr.
The Schubert Organization
Richard J Schwartz
Beverly Sills
Steven Spielberg
Risë Stevens
Mike Wallace
Joanne Woodward

http://www.metguild.org/guild/calendar/detail.aspx?id=754