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Dancers over 40 presents a very special salute to Dame Angela Lansbury, Monday, May 15th at 8pm at the Actors’ Temple Theatre in NYC – the highlight of our Spring season.
The evening will be hosted and panels moderated by Kurt Peterson (Dear World) and Ron Young (Mame). DO40 is known for its iconic panels and performances and this will follow the same winning formula, featuring cast members and associates from Lansbury’s ground-breaking musicals Mame, Dear World, Gypsy, Sweeney Todd and her last musical appearance in A Little Night Music. Panelists include John Sheridan Beecher, Anthony Marciona and Richard Sabellico (Gypsy), Sarah Rice (Sweeney Todd), Karen Murphy (A Little Night Music), Pamela Hall and Jane Coleman (Dear World) and performances by Jesse Luttrell, Sarah Rice, Kurt Peterson and Karen Murphy. Lots of video clips and notes from cast members and DO40 members unable to attend – Carolyn Kirsch and Mary Zahn (Dear World), choreographer Larry Fuller (Sweeney Todd) and Mame dance captain Diana Baffa Brill. Also attending and offering remembrances from Dame Angela’s career are personal assistant Clark Bason and long-time friend, Rex Reed. More special guests to be announced.
DO40 felt it necessary and an important event to produce as we videotape each show to donate to the Jerome Robbins Dance Collection at the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts. We were so blessed to document dance legends Marge Champion, Gemze de Lappe, Iva Withers, Norma Doggett Bezwick, Jane Powell, Ann Reinking, Harvey Evans, Tony Stevens and two of our board members who passed away this year, Richard Korthaze and Lawrence Merritt (Dear World). This is an integral part of our mission: Our History, Our Legacy, Our Lives.
Dancers over 40 is an all-volunteer, membership-driven non-profit arts organization dedicated to preserving the History, Legacy and Lives of our mature creative community, and sharing that knowledge with the younger generation. DO40 was proud to raise over $7,700.00 this year for BC/EFA at their 2021 Flea Market October 3rd. For more information on how you can give back to the community and join DO40 as a member, go to www.dancersover40.org and click on the JOIN/RENEW/DONATE button, or contact our Hotline for more information at 212-330-7016. You don’t have to be … Over 40 to join! Give back to give forward.