Monday, May 9
Honoring Barbara Whitman
Producer of A Strange Loop on Broadway
Hosted by James Jackson, Jr. and John-Andrew Morrison
(Stars of A Strange Loop and "5 Questions with James and JAM")
City Winery at Pier 57
25 11th Ave at 15th St, NYC
Make a Contribution
If you were unable to attend, please consider making a fully tax-deductible contribution.
7-8pm: Cocktail hour in the Hudson River Room
8pm: Seated dinner and entertainment in the main hall
Until 10pm: Post-performance drinks and desserts
To best protect attendees, artists, and staff, please be aware that proof of full vaccination will be required for admission. We will check photo ID and proof of vaccination at the door.
“Barbara’s partnership and guidance has been instrumental as Page 73 undertook the largest project in our history: developing and ultimately co-producing A STRANGE LOOP’s wildly successful world premiere with Playwrights Horizons.”
Barbara Whitman is a theatrical producer who made her Broadway debut producing A Raisin in the Sun, starring Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashad, Audra McDonald, and Sanaa Lathan. Other Broadway credits include Diana – The Musical, Burn This starring Adam Driver and Keri Russell, Angels in America (Tony and Drama Desk Award, Best Play Revival), 1984, The Glass Menagerie starring Sally Fields, War Paint starring Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole, The Humans (Tony Award, Best Play), Oh, Hello starring Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, Fully Committed starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Fun Home (Tony Award, Best Musical), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony and Drama Desk Award, Best Musical Revival), Of Mice and Men starring James Franco, If/Then starring Idina Menzel, Hands on a Hardbody, Red (Tony and Drama Desk Awards, Best Play), Next to Normal (Pulitzer Prize), Hamlet starring Jude Law, 33 Variations starring Jane Fonda, Mary Stuart, Legally Blonde - The Musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. National tours include Fun Home, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, If/Then, Murder for Two, Next to Normal, Legally Blonde – The Musical, …Spelling Bee, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Frost/Nixon. A native New Yorker, Barbara attended NYU's Gallatin School and received an MFA in Theatre Management and Producing from Columbia University. She’s a member of the Board of Governors and the Executive Committee of the Broadway League, and also serves as a Co-Chair of the Equity Diversity and Inclusion Committee. In addition, she’s on the Board of Tectonic Theater Project, and Columbia University School of the Arts Dean’s Council. Upcoming productions include A Strange Loop and Good Night, Oscar starring Sean Hayes.
Benefit Committee
Benefit Co-chairs
Dr. Qusai Hammouri
Kavita Saini
Leadership Circle
Gaily & John Beinecke
Susan V. Bershad Charitable Fund
Carson & Joe Gleberman
Grove Entertainment & Rich Entertainment Group
Jeremy Smith
Lois Whitman
Benefit Committee
321 Theatrical Management
Suzanne Appel
Mary Linda Armacost
Elizabeth Armstrong
Mark Baker
Nora Barry
Judith Beck
David Binder
Allison Blinken
Kimberly Sogioka & Joshua Buhler
Catherine Mathis & Bob Burchell
Chris Burney
Denise Canter
Will Carlyon
Timothy N. Castano
Casey Childs
Columbia University School of the Arts
Eileen Cope
Jon & Arika Couchman
Robert Cudney
Alma Cuervo
Michael DAlto
Graeme Daykin
Ann Reynolds & Rob DeButts
Bobby Dorf
Amanda Dubois
Frances Beinecke & Paul Elston
David Essig
Peyton Farmer
Emily Feinstein
Jahna Ferron-Smith
Carol B. Fishman
Dale Cendali & Francis Fitzpatrick
James Fotheringham
Nancy Gibbs
Amy Bohannon & Martin Gilmore
Katherine Ginsburg
Marcia Goldberg
The John Gore Organization
Adam Greenfield
Dylan Guerra
Jacqueline Guillen
Jovan Kala Hannah
Dana Harrel
Rachel Hauck
Ruth Hendel
Zora Howard
Kendra Ingram
Daniel K. Isaac
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Michael R. Jackson
Jeanne Jang
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack
Karen Johnston
Mary Lee & David Jones
Danielle Karliner Naish
Charles Kilbourne
Lisa Kron
Carolyn Lee
Ayse Levent
Elizabeth Cooke & Reynold Levy
Robyn Linden
Anna Lonergan
Leslie Marcus
DJ Martin
Maggie Matays
Madeline Mauzy
Samuel McKnight
Ann McLaughlin
Martin Meccouri
Thomas G. & Andrea Mendell
Federico Mennella
Joan Lonergan & John Merrow
Debra Monk
Martha Mortenson
Braden Rhetts & Christian Mundigo
Lesley Nagley
Domingo Perez
Rebecca Peterson
Nick Pramik
Nathaniel Rabin
Rosalie Rabin
Colette Robert
Eric Ronning
Mark Rossier
Jaclyn Roster
Daryl Roth
Carole Rothman
Pamela Ryckman
Sheheryar Sardar
Shubhani Sarkae
Anna Schecter
Carol & Michael Scheffler
Lauren Schiff
Rachel Rucker-Schmidt & Jason Schmidt
Eric Schnall
Michelle Davis Schoenberger
Jordan Seace
Alan Seget
Anne Seiwerath
Nancy Sheppard
Jayne Baron Sherman
Rona Siddiqui
Stephen Singer
Jean & Nick Smart
Sandra Smith
Lee Stump
Asher Richelli & Daniel Swee
Cherie B. Tay
Shanta Thake-Kriegsmann
Olapeju Togunde
Sanaz Toossi
Edward Trach
Valerie Valtz
Yvonne Villiger
Patricia & Charles Walkup
Amanda Woods & Eric Wasserstrom
Thomas Whitman
Susan Whoriskey
Zachary Wieder
Beth Williams
Dustin Wills
Jennifer Kranz & Andrew Wilson
Leah Nanako Winkler
Douglas Wright
Alexander Yaggy
Diana Zhang
Recognition
Table, ticket, and contributions of $5,000+ will be recognized as Leadership Circle.
Table, ticket, and contributions of $500+ will be recognized as Benefit Committee.
All commitments made by March 24, 2022 will be included in the invitation.
List as of May 9, 2022
For more information contact Development Director, Rebecca Yaggy — rebecca@page73.org, (718) 398-2099.