Season 2, Episode 5: Behind every summer is a community that keeps Fire Island alive. This episode explores the history of the beloved Pines Pantry through the eyes of its iconic Pantry Girls, alongside the volunteer firefighters of The Pines and Cherry Grove who protect the island from fires, hurricanes, beach erosion, and an uncertain future.
Photos: The Firebrand of Florence
By: Linda Lenzi
On March 12, 2009 at 7:00 p.m., The Collegiate Chorale appeared with The New York City Opera Orchestra at the newly renovated Alice Tully Hall in a performance of Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin's 1945 Broadway operetta The Firebrand of Florence.
The performance, led by guest conductor
Ted Sperling, starred baritone Nathan Gunn, soprano Anna Christy, baritone Terrence Mann, and soprano Victoria Clark. Krysty Swann, David Pittu and Patrick Goss complete the cast, and narration was provided by Stage Director Roger Rees.
BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the stars after the show upstairs at Alice Tully Hall's Hauser Patron Lounge.
Rick Elice and Daniel Reichard
Rick Elice, Roger Rees and Daniel Reichard
Roger Rees, Anne Kaufman Schneider, David Pittu and Daniel Reichard
David Pittu, Nathan Gunn and Terrence Mann
David Pittu and Isabel Keating
Terrence Mann, Victoria Clark and Nathan Gunn
Terrence Mann, Victoria Clark and Nathan Gunn
Victoria Clark and Nathan Gunn
Terrence Mann and Victoria Clark
Jack Viertel and Victoria Clark
Jack Viertel. Victoria Clark and Ted Sperling
Roger Rees, Victoria Clark and Dan Dutcher
David Pittu, Terrence Mann, Anna Christy, Victoria Clark and Nathan Gunn
David Pittu, Ted Sperling, Terrence Mann, Anna Christy, Victoria Clark, Kalif Omari Jones and Nathan Gunn
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