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Photo Coverage: Annaleigh Ashford, Katie Holmes, and More at Broadway Dreams Foundation's 2012 Gala

By: Dec. 11, 2012
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The Broadway Dreams Foundation held its second annual Champagne & Caroling Gala last night at Celsius, a restaurant, bar and event space within Citi Pond at Bryant Park (5th Ave and 42nd Street) on Monday, December 10. At this one of a kind urban winter wonderland in of the heart of midtown Manhattan, Broadway's brightest stars and patrons of the arts joined together for a festive celebration of the country's premier musical theatre training program. Check out photos from the event below!

Proceeds from the evening will allow The Broadway Dreams Foundation to continue to offer high level educational opportunities, theatrical training and scholarships to students of all ages. BDF offers significant scholarships to hundreds of participants each year, ensuring that all qualified students are able to realize their Broadway dreams regardless of their financial status. This past year, 42% of all BDF students attended programs on full or partial scholarship. Past students have gone on to star on Broadway and in national touring and regional productions including Bring It On The Musical (Ryann Redmond, Calli Alden), Bare (Ariana Groover), Memphis (Lindsay Roberts), The Book of Mormon (Paris Nesbitt), Spring Awakening (Blake Daniels) and The Addams Family (Ethan Wexler), among others.

The Host Committee for this year's Gala included Broadway Dreams board members and Event Chairs Ryan Stana of RWS and Associates and Adam Sansiveri, Vice President of Bernstein Global Wealth Management, along with Tony Award winners Jack O'Brien and Christine Ebersole, Tony Award nominees Matthew Morrison and Jason Robert Brown, Nick Adams, Angus McIndoe, David Gallo, Rachel Hoffman, Jaime Harris, Jeremy Katz, David Cote, Hillary Dobbs, Doug Melville, Sue Vaccaro, Rhonda Price, Lakey Wolff, Max Sullivan, Jeffrey Shubart, John and Renee Wolfe, and Jacqueline Davis.

The Broadway Dreams Foundation, led by Executive Director Annette Tanner, teaches the next generation of musical theater performers how to kick start their career through unique, week-long performance intensives taught by Broadway's brightest stars and savvy industry insiders. Attendees receive first-rate training in acting, dance and vocal performance before participating alongside their Broadway idols in concerts event open to the public and directed by one of the industry's finest directors. National partners include Atlanta's ALLIANCE THEATRE, Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and Omaha Performing Arts.

In addition to the week-long Summer Performing Arts Intensives, BDF offers shorter, concentrated workshops entitled "Triple Threat Extremes" in cities throughout the country. For more information on The Broadway Dreams Foundation, please visit:
www.mybroadwaydreams.com.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

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Photo Coverage: Annaleigh Ashford, Katie Holmes, and More at Broadway Dreams Foundation's 2012 Gala  Image
Sam Faulkner

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Katie Holmes

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Jack O'Brien

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Jack O'Brien & Katie Holmes

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Jack O'Brien & Katie Holmes

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Katie Holmes

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Jack O'Brien & Katie Holmes

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Jack O'Brien & Katie Holmes

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Katie Holmes

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Katie Holmes

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Ryan Stana & Adam Sansiveri

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Ryan Stana & Mike Casseling & Adam Sansiveri

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Morgan James

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Morgan James

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Morgan James

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Max von Essen

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Max von Essen

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Ryann Redmond

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Ryann Redmond

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Annette Tannerr

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Annette Tannerr

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Hillary Dobbs

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Hillary Dobbs

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Sue Vaccaro & Adam Sansiveri

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Craig D'Amico

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Jamie Harris

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Jamie Harris

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Mike Cannon

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Mike Cannon

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Blake Daniel

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Blake Daniel

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Amy Poliakoff

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Amy Poliakoff

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Rachel Hoffman

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Rachel Hoffman

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Luann de Lesseps

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Luann de Lesseps

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Christina Papagjika & Matthew Salloway

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Lisa Howard

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Lisa Howard

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Thomas Roberts

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Thomas Roberts & Patrick Abner

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Celina Carvajal

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Celina Carvajal

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Celina Carvajal

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Kaitlin Monte & Tom Murro

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Anthony Fedorov & Jennifer Paz

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Anthony Fedorov & Jennifer Paz

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Anthony Fedorov

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Matt Lenz, Jack O'Brien & Nicholas Rodriguez

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Matt Lenz & Nicholas Rodriguez

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Nicholas Rodriguez

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Nicholas Rodriguez

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Ryan Ratelle & Nicholas Rodriguez

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Tom Kitt

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Billy Porter

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Billy Porter

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Matthew Scott & Kirsten Scott

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Matthew Scott

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Kirsten Scott

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Kirsten Scott

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Justin Tryon

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Justin Tryon & guest

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Deidre Goodwin

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Deidre Goodwin

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Paul Canaan & Annaleigh Ashford

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Annaleigh Ashford

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Paul Canaan

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Paul Canaan

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Katie Holmes

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