The finale of The Drama League's 27th Annual All-Star Benefit Gala, "A Musical Celebration of Broadway" Honoring Patti LuPone, on February 7, 2011 at the Pierre Hotel in NYC.
And that is ME on the piano-EUGENE GWOZDZ!!!! With Larry Lelli on Drums and Jim Donica on Bass; Chris Reza on Sax (But no horn parts were availble...and Raul Agraz on Trumpet...no part given out!) :-)
I remember when Judy Garland and the young kid Barbara Streisand did this . How appropriate that these two greats of musical theater carry on the tradition.
So nice to see performers celebrate each other....for besides what many think, most performers are not super confident egomaniacal people who applaud themselves hourly but actually went into performing for the exact opposite reasons. To see whom I assume is a back up singer, on the left, smile with such joy that these 2 legends are singing the song of 2 other legends, is radiating from her face with a smile that is just beautiful. I couldn't take my eyes off her. Obviously, love the performance, too!
