TV: First Look at TONY Awards Live Viewing Gala - Florence Henderson, Barbara Cook & More!
BWW TV's LA Correspondent/Co-Producer Michael Sterling and Videographer/Co-Producer Jordan Santacana were front and center with the stars attending the Actors Fund 18th Annual Tony® Awards Live Viewing Fundraising Party made possible by Tony® Awards Productions, Inc., the American Theatre Wing, the Broadway League, Direct TV and CBS. Wells Fargo presented the evening Sunday, June 8, 2014 at the Skirball Cultural Center's new Guerin Pavilion/Herscher Hall in Los Angeles which was reported by event producer Luke Yankee to have raised $300,000. Check out the video!
Among those joining Hosts Florence Henderson and Constantine Maroulis (who also performed during the evening)... were such stars as Doris Roberts, Stephanie Powers, Hal Holbrook, Ilene Graff, Renee Marino, Lee Merriweather,Johnny Ortiz, Ruta Lee, Amanda McBroom, Carol Cooke, author Tom Troupe, LA arts philanthropist and authorBarbara Van Orden, Cathy Rigby and Tom McCoy, noted LA theatre director David Galligan, and two-time Tony Award winner Barbara Cook who was honored with the Julie Harris Award for Artistic Achievement.
The Actors Fund is a national human services organization available to everyone who works in the performing arts and the business of entertainment, helping more than 14,500 people directly each year, and hundreds of thousands online. Serving professionals in film, theatre, television, music, opera, radio and dance, the fund's programs include social services, emergency financial assistance, health care, insurance counseling, housing, employment and training services. With offices in new york, los angeles and chicago, the actors fund has been - for 132 years - a safety net for those in need, crisis or transition. To learn more about the actors fund visit.... www.actorsfund.org.
