Photo Coverage: Brian Stokes Mitchell Actors' Fund Concert
By: BWW News Desk Sep. 27, 2006
Kicking off the Actors' Fund's "Musical Mondays" series, Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell (Man of La Mancha, Kiss Me, Kate, Ragtime) played to a capacity crowd in the beautiful lobby of the Pantages Theatre.
Stopping the show multiple times, and receiving 2 standing ovations, Mitchell performed a set which included some pop and jazz as well as show stoppers "Wheels of a Dream," "This Nearly Was Mine," and "The Impossible Dream." Mitchell sang "Embraceable You" to Mitzi Gaynor -who was sitting in the first row.Celebrity attendees included Lynn Redgrave, Peter Gallagher, Tyne Daly, Anne Jeffreys, Doris Roberts, Lois Nettleton, Melissa Manchester, Jim J. Bullock, Mitzi Gaynor, Theodore Bikel, Donna Mills, Mr. Blackwell, and Stefanie Powers. The evening was produced by John Bowab and Martin WIviott.
Peter Gallagher will next perform a "Musical Monday"s show on October 16th.Visit www.actorsfund.org for more information.Photos by Howard Pasamanick
Evening sponsor Gene Dickey congratulates with Brian Stokes Mitchell after show in dressing room
Gene Dickey and Brian Stokes Mitchell
Jim J. Bullock and Brian Stokes Mitchell
Actors' Fund Executive Director Joseph Benincasa, Peter Gallagher and Brian Stokes Mitchell
Lorna Luft and Brian Stokes Mitchell
Melissa Manchester and Brian Stokes Mitchell
Lynn Redgrave invites the audience to a dessert reception following the show
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Stefanie Powers and David Galligan
AF WC Officer Jo Marie Ward, Larry Gilman and Donna Mills
Mitzi Gaynor, Mr. Blackwell, RL Spencer and Joni Berry
Ron Able, Donna Mills and Chuck Stephan
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