Producer and director Richard Jay-Alexander — who most recently directed Barbra Streisand's North American and European tours, as well as the Carnegie Hall debuts of both Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga — directed Mitchell's solo turn.

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At Left (from top): Brian Stokes Mitchell and wife Allyson; Actors Fund Medal of Honor recipient John Breglio; Playbill President Philip S. Birsh and director Richard Jay-Alexander; Nikki Renee Daniels; Betty Buckley and Susan Birkenhead; Cheyenne Jackson; Lisa Mordente and mom Chita Rivera; Phylicia Rashad; Brian Stokes Mitchell and Ernie Sabella; Liz Callaway; Michele Lee and Roger Berlind; Marge Champion; Greta Gerwig and Dasha Epstein; Tamara Tunie; James Wesley and Seth Rudetsky; Joyce Randolph; Joseph Benincasa and Brian Stokes Mitchell; and Donna McKechnie.

Below: Ted Hartley, Dina Merrill and George S. Irving at the Russian Team Room reception for Brian Stokes Mitchell's Carnegie Hall solo debut.

photos by Aubrey Reuben