Father George Moore News

Three-time Tony Award winning Director Jack O'Brien presented Actor André De Shields, who celebrated the 50th year of his acting career in 2019 by scoring his first Tony Award, for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Hermes in Hadestown, with the 2019 Father George Moore Artistic Impact Award at Encore Ovation – A Celebration of Aging Through Art at Sardi's on November 18. O'Brien directed De Shields in The Full Monty and Impression on Broadway.

Encore Community Services has been providing care and service to the elderly of the Clinton/Times Square/Midtown communities for 43 years. Encore was founded in 1977 by Father George Moore, the pastor of St. Malachy's Church. He, along with Sisters Elizabeth Hasslet and Lillian McNamara, and members of the Broadway community (including The Shubert Organization, Sardi's and the theatrical unions) turned the old Actor's Chapel in the basement of St. Malachy's into the Encore Senior Center, where it still thrives today.

The Most Reverend Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, will be honored by St. Malachy's - the Actors' Chapel, at the Fifth Annual Father George Moore Benefit Dinner Monday, November 8, at 6:00pm at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel, 1605 Broadway at West 49th Street.

The Most Reverend Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, will be honored by St. Malachy's - the Actors' Chapel, at the Fifth Annual Father George Moore Benefit Dinner Monday, November 8, at 6:00pm at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel, 1605 Broadway at West 49th Street.

The Most Reverend Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, will be honored by St. Malachy's - the Actors' Chapel, at the Fifth Annual Father George Moore Benefit Dinner Monday, November 8, at 6:00pm at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel, 1605 Broadway at West 49th Street.

The Most Reverend Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, will be honored by St. Malachy's - the Actors' Chapel, at the Fifth Annual Father George Moore Benefit Dinner Monday, November 8, at 6:00pm at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel, 1605 Broadway at West 49th Street.

James J. Claffey, Jr, President of Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Employees, will be honored by St. Malachy's - the Actors' Chapel, at the Father George Moore Benefit Dinner at Sardi's, 234 West 44th Street, on Monday, September 14, at 6:00pm.

James J. Claffey, Jr, President of Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Employees, will be honored by St. Malachy's - the Actors' Chapel, at the Father George Moore Benefit Dinner at Sardi's, 234 West 44th Street, on Monday, September 14, at 6:00pm.

Shubert Organization President Philip J. Smith and Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels, both major figures in the entertainment industry, will be honored by St. Malachy's Church, a.k.a. the Actors Chapel, at the Father George Moore Benefit Dinner at Sardi's, 234 West 44th Street, on Monday, October 27, at 6:00pm.

Shubert Organization President Philip J. Smith and Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels, both major figures in the entertainment industry, will be honored by St. Malachy's Church, a.k.a. the Actors Chapel, at the Father George Moore Benefit Dinner at Sardi's, 234 West 44th Street, on Monday, October 27, at 6:00pm.