Saint said the appearance by Spielberg was especially meaningful.
“He is of course a genius, but I learned, working with him as associate producer on the new West Side Story film, what a giving, generous man he is, Saint said.
At the event, the 2021 Thomas H. Kean Arts Advocacy Award was presented to former Gov. Thomas H. Kean; Thomas F. Kelso Esq., chair of the New Brunswick Cultural Center; and James N. Heston, chair of the George Street Playhouse Board of Trustees. Tiny Beautiful Things is the third production of George Street s streaming season, available to watch through May 23. For tickets or more information, visit georgestreetplayhouse.org. George Street s season will close out with Terrence McNally s comedy It s Only A Play from June 8 to 27.
George Street Playhouse Breaks Fundraising Record with Star Studded Virtual Gala
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) Following its star-studded 2021 virtual Gala, featuring stars from the stage and screen, Board President and Chair of the
George Street Playhouse 2021 Gala, Dr. Penelope Lattimer, announced today that the fundraiser had raised over $452,000 to date - making this a record breaking event as the highest-grossing gala in the history of George Street Playhouse.
“Thank you to everyone who has supported George Street Playhouse,” said Lattimer. “The results of this Gala will ensure the future of our mainstage productions, and the important work we undertake with students, as we make plans to gather in person again to attend the theatre”
How a gala breathed new life, hope into George Street Playhouse, theater No One Else for Me from George Street Playhouse s premiere of Last Days of Summer
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And he paused. He stood there and as he was starting to sing, he just stopped and said, I need a minute, George Street artistic director David Saint said. And he got very emotional and he said, I didn t realize how much it was going to affect me.
It s no wonder.
Coming more than 14 months after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered performance venues along with the rest of the world, the moment of return, of singing in a theater, on stage, with lights, sound and a baby grand piano topped with a giant bouquet of flowers has a reverence to it.