Photo Coverage: Inside the Starry New York Pops Gala!

Just last night, The New York Pops celebrated its 34th birthday with a grand gala evening honoring Karen Van Bergen, the CEO of Omnicom Public Relations Group, and Tony Award winners Kelli O'Hara and Bartlett Sher, whose collaborations over the last decade have won universal acclaim and whose individual careers represent pinnacles of achievement in the world of theatre. The concert celebrated the multi-year partnership between the actress and stage director and will bring together artists from the stage and screen.

The event featured a spectacular lineup of guest artists under the baton of Music Director Steven Reineke. The performance included appearances by Broadway stars Matthew Broderick, Brian d'Arcy James, Adam Kantor, Steven Pasquale, and Chris Sullivan alongside the previously announced Danny Burstein, Ruthie Ann Miles, Laura Osnes, and Paulo Szot, as well as compositions by Jason Robert Brown and Nico Muhly.

Twenty students from the orchestra's Kids on Stage program will performed alongside The New York Pops at the gala concert. These students included Luke Actie, Lucinda Bryce, Eve Budd, Christian Chanderdatt, Lukas Chin, Julianne Chin-Drachman, Anthony Flanders, Miles Hilger LeDonne von Unwerth, Macy Jiang, Sophia Kschwendt, Catherine Li, John Liu, Olivia McCallum, Stella Oh, Nicholas O'Sullivan, Zoe Shack, Mela Sherman, Allison Shih, Aminah Sterling, and Mondriana Villegas.

Photo Credit: Genevive Rafter Keddy

Rachel York

Rachel York
Jamie deRoy
Jamie deRoy
Anne M. Swanson (Executive Director) and Jeffrey P. Englander (Board Member)
Anne M. Swanson and American Airlines Representatives
Chris Sullivan
Chris Sullivan
Chris Sullivan
Nico Muhly
Nico Muhly
Phillipa Soo and Steven Pasquale
Phillipa Soo and Steven Pasquale
Steven Pasquale
Phillipa Soo
Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown
Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown
Bartlett Sher and family
Bartlett Sher and family
Kelli O'Hara, Greg Naughton, James Naughton and family
James Naughton
Kelli O'Hara and Greg Naughton
Kelli O'Hara
Honorees Kelli O'Hara and Bartlett Sher
Kelli O'Hara and Bartlett Sher
Kelli O'Hara
Kelli O'Hara
Kelli O'Hara
Alain Boublil and Maria Zamora
Alain Boublil and Maria Zamora
Alain Boublil
Isabel Leonard
Isabel Leonard
Isabel Leonard and Paulo Szot
Paulo Szot
Paulo Szot
Karen Van Bergen (Corporate Honoree) and guests
Karen Van Bergen (Corporate Honoree) and guests
Brian d'Arcy James
Brian d'Arcy James
Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley
Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley
Marin Mazzie
Ashley Park
Ashley Park
Ashley Park
Karen Van Bergen (Corporate Honoree) and guests
Steven Reineke, June Freemanzon (Board of Directors) and Eric Gabbard
Steven Reineke, June Freemanzon (Board of Directors) and Eric Gabbard
Steven Reineke and Eric Gabbard
Ruthie Ann Miles and Jonathan Blumenstein
Ruthie Ann Miles and Jonathan Blumenstein
Ruthie Ann Miles
Judy Kuhn
Judy Kuhn
Judy Kuhn
Adam Kantor
Adam Kantor