LCT Benefit celebrating Moss Hart

3/28/2014 4:13pm


Lincoln Center Theater will present ACT TWO: A SWELL PARTY WITH MOSS HART AND FRIENDS, An Evening of Songs Sketches, Scenes and More Celebrating the Genius of Moss Hart on Mon Apr 21 at 8:00 PM at the Vivian Beaumont (150 W 65 St).  Performers scheduled to appear in the entertainment, which will serve as the centerpiece of Lincoln Center Theater’s Annual Benefit and which will be directed by Bartlett Sher, are Victoria Clark, Stephen Colbert, David Garrison, Malcolm Gets, Reneé Elise Goldsberry, Byron Jennings, Kelli O’Hara, Steven Pasquale & Lewis J Stadlen. The evening celebrates the playwright-director’s prolific output over the 30 years which followed. The effervescent evening of comedy and song will feature material Hart either authored, collaborated on or directed with such legendary artists as George S Kaufman,  Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart, Kurt Weill & Ira Gershwin and Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe.  The shows that will be represented in this fast-paced evening of songs, scenes and sketches include The Man Who Came To Dinner, As Thousands Cheer, Face The Music, Lady in the Dark,  My Fair Lady and Camelot.Performance-only tickets are available at LCT.org. Press contact: Emily McGill (501-3201)