Photos: Inside Manhattan Theatre Club's 2024 Spring Gala

Manhattan Theatre Club just presented its annual Spring Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street. The evening included performances by the casts of many of this Broadway season’s most acclaimed musicals, including Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Gatsby, The Notebook, The Outsiders, The Who’s Tommy, and Water For Elephants, with special guest appearances by Tony Award nominees Betsy Aidem, Jocelyn Bioh, Rachel McAdams, Whitney White and more.

The MTC Spring Gala co-chairs are Marie T. Gallagher and Thomas F. Secunda.

The Spring Gala creative team included Jason Michael Webb (music director), Joel Shier (lighting design), Leon Rothenberg (sound design); and James FitzSimmons and  Jereme  Kyle Lewis (stage managers).

The 2022-23 season marked Lynne Meadow’s 50th Anniversary as Artistic Director of Manhattan Theatre Club. Meadow was joined in summer 2023 by Chris Jennings, MTC’s new Executive Director. MTC’s mission, which Meadow created in 1972 and has implemented over five decades of award-winning theatrical productions, is to develop and present new work in a dynamic, supportive environment; to identify and collaborate with the most promising new as well as seasoned, accomplished artists; and to produce a diverse repertoire of innovative, entertaining, and thought-provoking plays and musicals by American and international playwrights. Since 1989, MTC Education, which uses the power of live theatre and playwriting to awaken minds, ignite imaginations, open hearts, and change lives, has also been an important corollary to MTC’s work, reaching thousands of students and educators worldwide each season.

Photo Credit: Bruce Glikas

Joshua Boone and Kecia Lewis

Anne Kauffman, Rachel McAdams and Amy Herzog

Sarah Paulson. MTC Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Rachel McAdams

Kelli O'Hara and Brian d'Arcy James

Betsy Aidem

Ally Bonino and Shaina Taub

Kecia Lewis

Sarah Paulson

Jocelyn Bioh

Joy Woods

Jordyn Tyson

Eli Gelb

Rachel McAdams

Sarah Paulson and Rachel McAdams

Kelli O'Hara

Brian d'Arcy James

Bebe Neuwirth

The Cast of "The Who's Tommy"

Bebe Neuwirth and Jennifer Whyte

Trevor Wayne, Maggie Kuntz, Joshua Boone and Josh Strobl

Ali Louis Bourzgui

Jason Michael Webb

Whitney White

Corey Stoll

Nikki M. James

Tom Scutt

Matthew Blank

Tom Scutt and ATG Productions Adam Speers

Daniel Aukin

Lily Santiago

Lakisha May

John Cardoza

Molly Ranson

Brittany Adebumola

Molly Ranson, Betsy Aidem and Joshua Harmon

Rachel McAdams and Betsy Aidem

MTC Artistic Director Lynne Meadow, Joshua Harmon, Amy Herzog, Jocelyn Bioh and MTC Executive Director Chris Jennings

Dorian Harewood and Nancy Harewood

Whitney White and Anne Kauffman

MTC Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and MTC Executive Director Chris Jennings

Byron Jennings and Carolyn McCormick

Ari Brand and Caitlin Petre

PigPen Theatre Co.

Michael Oloyede, Whitney White, Jocelyn Bioh, Zenzi Williams, Kalyne Coleman and Nikiya Mathis

Whitney White, Lakisha May, Brittany Adebumola, Zenzi Williams, Jocelyn Bioh, Kalyne Coleman and Michael Oloyede

Francis Benhamou, Whitney White and Anne Kauffman

Francis Benhamou

Kevin Kane and Francis Benhamou

Jessica Cloonan and Debra Waxman

Will Butler

Alex Gould and Andrea Syglowski 

Michael Oloyede

Cara Ricketts and Tom Pecinka

Joshua Harmon, Amy Herzog and Jocelyn Bioh

Lakisha May, Brittany Adebumola, Felicia Graham, Nikiya Mathis, Kalyne Coleman

David Cromer and MTC Executive Director Chris Jennings