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Broadway's Frozen, Mean Girls, The Band's Visit, and More Play MTC Gala

”Saint Joan” star Condola Rashad hosted the event.

Janie Willison
New York City
Tony nominees Hailey Kilgore and Condola Rasha take a photo together at Manhattan Theatre Club's annual gala.
Tony nominees Hailey Kilgore and Condola Rashad take a photo together at Manhattan Theatre Club's annual gala.
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Condola Rashad (Saint Joan) hosted Manhattan Theatre Club's annual spring gala on Monday, May 14, at Cipriani 42nd Street. The evening featured performances by the Broadway musicals The Band's Visit, Escape to Margaritaville, Frozen, Mean Girls, Once on This Island, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.

Richard Maltby Jr. directed the evening, overseeing the creative team of Jason Lyons (lighting design), Leon Rothenberg (sound design), and Justin Hornback (music direction).

The gala began with cocktails followed by dinner and the gala performance. All proceeds from the event support MTC's mission as a leading nonprofit theater company developing and producing contemporary plays on and off Broadway, as well as its renowned education program, which deepens students' understanding of themselves and the world through the medium of theater.