A host of Broadway favorites were part of Abingdon Theatre Company's October 27 gala, presented in honor of two-time Tony winner Christine Ebersole at the Edison Ballroom. Check out photos from the starry night in the gallery below.
The centerpiece of the event,
marking the 33rd season of the Off-Broadway company, was a concert
entitled Timeless Together, Stronger Still. Performers included Tony winners Santino Fontana (Tootsie), Bonnie Milligan (Kimberly Akimbo), and Ali Stroker (Oklahoma!) as well as Tony nominee Tony Yazbeck (Flying Over Sunset), Maria Bilbao (Sweeney Todd), Caroline Bowman (Smash), Erin Davie (Diana, The Musical), Morgan James (Motown: The Musical), Ashley D. Kelley (Shucked), Blaine Krauss (Hamilton), Bianca Marroquín (Chicago), Carolina Rial (NBC’s The Voice), Alysha Umphress (On the Town), and Ryan Vasquez (The Notebook) with dancers Bobby Ellis, Travis Flynt, Jeremiah Porter, Hayden Rivas, Micah Williams, and Jingyao Zhao.
Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole and Chad Austin
Christine Ebersole and Frank DiLella
Laila Robbins and Robert Cuccioli
Rashad V. Chambers
Pierre Marais and Bethany Tesarck
Erin Davie, Ali Stroker, and Morgan James
Tony Yazbeck
Keely Beirne and Taylor Iman Jones
Bill Irwin and Martha Ross
David Parr, Alison Fraser, and Tommaso Cartia
Katherine Kline
Jim Kierstead
Chad Austin
Christine Ebersole
Reynaldo Piniella
Bill Irwin
Blaine Krauss
Blaine Krauss
Ali Stroker
Ali Stroker
Tony Yazbeck
Tony Yazbeck
Ashley D. Kelley
Erin Davie
Erin Davie
Jingyao Zhao, Carolina Rial, and Micah Williams
Micah Williams, Carolina Rial, and Jingyao Zhao
Carolina Rial
Bonnie Milligan
Bonnie Milligan
Ryan Vasquez
Ryan Vasquez
Caroline Bowman
Caroline Bowman
Maria Bilbao
Maria Bilbao
Bianca Marroquín
Bianca Marroquín
Bianca Marroquín
Alysha Umphress
Alysha Umphress
Santino Fontana
Santino Fontana
Morgan James
Morgan James
Morgan James
Chad Austin
Christine Ebersole and Chad Austin
Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole and Chad Austin
The evening was directed by ATC Producing Artistic Director Chad Austin, with music direction by Robbie Cowan and choreography by Deidre Goodwin. Katherine Kline, ATC’s Board Treasurer, was the host, and previous Artist-in-Residence Reynaldo Piniella was the auctioneer.
The event highlighted the music of Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, Etta James, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand, Cole Porter, and more.
Winner of two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical (42nd Street and Grey Gardens), Ebersole has also starred in film (Wolf of Wall Street), television (Sullivan & Son, Royal Pains), and has performed concerts in theatres and concert halls across the country, from Carnegie Hall to The Pasadena and Boston Pops. A recording artist as well, Ebersole has released Christine Ebersole: Live at the Cinegrill, In Your Dreams, Sunday in New York, Christine Ebersole Sings Noel Coward, and Strings Attached. She is also among the family of artists who have performed on the Playbill Cruises.
