Photo Coverage: Backstage at the Lilly Awards Foundation's Birdland Cabaret!
By: Walter McBride Nov. 11, 2014
Last night, November 10, The Lilly Awards Foundation with the Broadway at Birdland Series presented The Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret: An evening of showstoppers written by women and performed by Broadway's Best to benefit The Lilly Awards Foundation whose mission is to promote gender parity at all levels of theatrical production, and develop and celebrate the work of women in the theater. The evening was directed by Daisy Prince, musical direction by Georgia Stitt and co-produced by Amanda Green and Georgia Stitt. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from backstage below!
Guest performers included Brooks Ashmanskas, David Beach, Heidi Blickenstaff, Jenn Colella, Gretchen Cryer,Jason Danieley, Katrina Rose Dideriksen, Nancy Ford,Matt Gallagher, Adam Guettel, Caitlin Kinnunen, Sydney Lucas, Debra Monk, Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone, Cass Morgan, Jim Newman, Keala Settle, Douglas Sills, Dale Soules, Elizabeth Stanley, Maria Thayer, Jessica Vosk,Adrienne Warren, Kate Wetherhead, and The Broadway Boys, with special appearances by Jason Robert Brown, Carol Hall, Steven Pasquale, and Valerie Vigoda. The evening will be directed by Daisy Prince, musical direction by Georgia Stitt and co-produced by Amanda Green and Georgia Stitt.
The Lilly Awards Foundation Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization whose mission is to promote gender parity at all levels of theatrical production, as well as develop, celebrate and advocate for the work of women in the theater. To those ends, the Lilly Awards Foundation produces a yearly awards ceremony called The Lilly Awards which recognizes outstanding contributions to the theater made by women writers, composers, directors and designers; designs and initiates programs to raise awareness of gender bias within the hiring and producing practices of theaters; endeavors to change the artistic choices of theaters and residency programs nationally; and conducts a Count (expected to be released this fall) which will determine how many women writers and artists are being hired and produced by American theaters of all sizes.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
The Lilly Awards
Sydney Lucas
Sydney Lucas
Sydney Lucas
Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown
Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown
Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown
Jessica Vosk, Maria Thayer, Caitlin Kinnunen
Daisy Prince, Georgia Stitt and Amanda Green
Adam Halpin, Marshal Carolan, Brad Greer and Tim Young
Adrienne Warren, Keala Settle and Amanda Green
Lynn Cohen
Tina Howe and Lynn Cohen
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