Goodspeed Gala

Saturday, May 18, 2024 at The Society Room in Hartford, CT

Thank you to everyone who attended and supported us!

Thank you especially to all of our silent auction donors.

Monday, June 12, 2023

You’re invited to celebrate 60 years of great musical theatre

The Goodspeed Lawn & Theatre
6 Main Street | East Haddam, CT

5:30pm Cocktails and Canapés
7:00pm Plated 4-Course Dinner with Live Auction, Entertainment, and Paddle Raise
8:30pm Jennifer Holliday in Concert in The Goodspeed Theatre

Special Guest Performer
JENNIFER HOLLIDAY

From Ms. Holliday’s early days as a girl singing solos with the choir in Houston, Texas, to her years on the Broadway stage and beyond, her inimitable voice has riveted the hearts of audiences from around the world. Ms. Holliday went from Broadway Baby to Household Name in the lead role as the iconic Effie “Melody” White in the 1981 smash hit Dreamgirls. She immortalized Effie, forever creating a template for delivering gut-wrenching, timeless performances, evidenced in her garnering a Grammy Award for the performance of the show-stopping torch ballad “And I am Telling You, I’m Not Going” and a coveted Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Effie.

In 2016, Ms. Holliday returned to the stage in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple as sultry singer Shug Avery. Her other recent theater credits include Sing Mahalia Sing: The Mahalia Jackson Story, Downhearted Blues: The Bessie Smith Story, Harlem Suite (as Aretha Franklin), Chicago (as Mama Morton), Grease (as Teen Angel), and Black Nativity (as the Angel of God).

TICKETS

Tickets may be purchased for the entire Gala & Auction, which includes cocktails and canapes, a 4-course dinner and the concert. Or you may choose to attend only the concert at 8:30pm.

TABLES
$10,000 Producer Table 10 premium seats & post-performance reception with Ms. Holliday
$5,000 Director Table10 upgraded seats
$2,500 Quartet Table4 prime seats

INDIVIDUALS
$1,500 Marquee Ticket 1 premium seat & post-performance reception with Ms. Holliday
$1,000 Soloist Ticket1 upgraded seat
$500 Ensemble Ticket1 seat

FULL GALA RESERVATIONS HERE
or contact Mary Miko for more information: mmiko@goodspeed.org or 860.615.0368

CONCERT-ONLY TICKETS
Jennifer Holliday In Concert
8:30pm at The Goodspeed, East Haddam

Limited seating available!
$200 First Row Side Balcony
$100 Second Row Side Balcony

CONCERT TICKET RESERVATIONS HERE

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Gala Chair Susan Link

Thank you to our 2023 Gala & Auction Sponsors

Goodspeed Award for Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre

Originally designed for and presented to Ira Gershwin more than 20 years ago, this is Goodspeed's most prestigious honor. Goodspeed is pleased to bestow this annual award upon a member of the theatre community in recognition of their extraordinary talent.

PAST HONOREES

2022 The Versdon Fosse Legacy
2019 Jason Robert Brown
2018 Sue Frost
2016 Chita Rivera
2015 Tony Walton
2014 Sheldon Harnick
2013 Goodspeed's 50th Anniversary
2012 Kristin Chenoweth
2011 Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse, & Thomas Meehan
2010 Paul Williams
2009 William Ivey Long
2008 Michael Price
2007 Jerry Herman
2006 Stephen Schwartz
2005 Julie Andrews
2004 Gerald Schoenfeld
2003 Susan Stroman
2002 Tommy Tune
2001 Ira Gershwin

Goodspeed Arts & Business Partnership Award

PAST HONOREES

2012: Hoffman Auto Group