New York City
The Actors’ Fund of America presents its fifth annual S.T.A.G.E. too event,
The Best Is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman. The Actors’ Fund President, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Larry Gelbart as well as Marilyn and Alan Bergman will present Mr. Coleman with the Nedda Harrigan Logan Award. Proceeds to benefit The Actors’ Fund of America.
Cy Coleman, one of the most prolific songwriters of our time, offers us a legacy of songs that will make this evening something very unique and special. In addition to his Broadway shows: BARNUM, WILL ROGERS FOLLIES, I LOVE MY WIFE, SEESAW, THE LIFE, LITTLE ME, WILDCAT, ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, CITY OF ANGELS and SWEET CHARITY, Mr. Coleman has written a vast array of jazz and pop tunes including THE BEST IS YET TO COME and WITCHCRAFT.
SCHEDULED TO APPEAR: Christine Andreas, Lucie Arnaz, Liz Callaway, Keith Carradine*, Joy Claussen, Carole Cook, Tyne Daly, Tonja Walker Davidson, Nancy Dussault, Ilene Graff*, Ken Howard*, Bill Hutton, Jane A. Johnston, Jane Lanier, Michele Lee*, Marin Mazzie, Rod McKuen, Brian Stokes Mitchell, James Naughton*, Valarie Pettiford, Charlotte Rae, Alice
Ripley, Chita Rivera, John Schneider, Christopher Showerman, Mark
Smith, Sally Struthers, Lillias White*, Patrick Wilson, and Jo Anne
Worley and Jon Maher (ASL). (* indicates re-creating an original Broadway
performance) The evening will include a special performance by Cy Coleman
himself.