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February 24, 2014 Dear Friends, Debra Monk is a lady of many brilliant talents. Actress, singer, writer, drummer (oh, yes!) and raconteur with a first rate repertoire of dirty jokes, all of these contained in one of the sweetest hearts on Broadway.

But my favorite memory of Deb has nothing to do with her work as an actress but is one of quiet kindness. A number of years ago Deb joined our staff in hosting a few dozen disadvantaged, HIV-positive kids and their families for the Thanksgiving Day parade when it used to march down Seventh Avenue, just below our office windows in Times Square. After all was over, we started cleaning up. It was an explosion of greasy Tupperware and dirty dishes.

Most everyone had left, staff and guests, and there was Deb in our office kitchen, elbows deep in dish soap, saying: “Don’t worry. I got this! Didn’t you love seeing those kids so happy?”

For all the well-deserved accolades and awards, red-carpet arrivals and opening night parties, Deb is “family,” to all of us here at BC/EFA and in “the business,” doing what it takes to get the job done with a great generosity of spirit.

Deb has been a friend and supporter of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS since our earliest days. She’s appeared at one time or another in nearly all of our annual events, signed thousands of posters and Playbills, made audience appeals and even cleaned out her closets and storage unit to have her own table at the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction.

The BC/EFA staff celebrates Deb’s 65th!

It shouldn’t surprise anyone who knows Deb that when she wanted to celebrate her 65th birthday, she’d decided to throw a big ol’ party with her favorite music, many good friends and some favorite dirty jokes thrown in along the way – but only if it could be a benefit for Broadway Cares. So here we are tonight, in for every kind of good time as we raise some money to do a bit of good work.

My thanks to the extraordinary Mary-Mitchell Campbell for leading the incomparable Birthday Bash Band and to the amazing JoAnn M. Hunter for making tonight’s party truly “totally hot, a little dirty” and a special delight. My sincere thanks to all who worked so generously and with such commitment on stage and behind the scenes.

Thank you for being here tonight, for joining Deb and for together sharing a wonderful evening of heart, hope and hilarity.

But most especially I want to thank BC/EFA’s dear friend, Debra Monk. You’re one in a million, Deb. Happy Birthday! May your 65th year and many, many more be filled with love and laughter.

Sincerely,

Tom Viola Executive Director

WHAT WE DO TOGETHER MAKES A DIFFERENCE $10 provides a healthy meal $50 pays for gas to the health clinic $100 helps provide home care for someone $250 $500

struggling in their fight with AIDS covers anti-viral medications for a man who’s lost his job and his health insurance pays overdue rent and keeps a single mom with AIDS and her children from becoming homeless

To learn more about Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ National Grants Program and the more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide we help fund, please visit broadwaycares.org/national_grants_program.

DEBRA MONK

Emmy and Tony Award winner Debra Monk has appeared on film in This Is Where I Leave You (fall 2014), Reaching Home, One For the Money, Ass Backwards, The Great Buck Howard, The Savages, Palindromes, Center Stage, Devil’s Advocate, In & Out, Extreme Measures, The Bridges of Madison County, Jeffrey and Fearless.

She has starred on Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Curtains (Drama Desk Award, Tony nomination), Chicago, Reckless, Thou Shalt Not, Ah, Wilderness!, Steel Pier (Tony nomination), Company, Picnic (Tony nomination), Redwood Curtain (Tony Award), Nick and Nora, and Pump Boys and Dinettes (co-author, Tony nomination).

On television, she has appeared as George’s mother on “Grey’s Anatomy,” Ellen’s mother on “Damages,” Will Schuester’s mother on “Glee” and Elizabeth Burke’s mother on “White Collar.” She has also guest starred on “Reckless,” “Girls,” “Brothers and Sisters,” “Ghost Whisperer,” “The Closer,” “Notes from the Underbelly,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Law and Order,” “Frasier” and appeared in the TV movies “Good Luck, Charlie: It’s Christmas!,” “The Music Man,” “Eloise at the Plaza,” “Eloise at Christmastime,” “Ellen Foster” and “Redwood Curtain,” reviving her Tony-winning performance.

She won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Katie Sipowicz on “NYPD Blue.”

BIRTHDAY BASH SET LIST “SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED”

by Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Syreeta Wright, Lula Mae Hardaway “I FEEL LUCKY”

by Mary Chapin Carpenter and Don Schlitz “MOCKINGBIRD” with Ron Rifkin

by Inez and Charlie Foxx “JOY TO THE WORLD” with The Totally Hots

by Hoyt Axton “REAL MAN”

by Jerry Lynn Williams “YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND” with Victor Garber

by Carole King “TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD”

by Stevie Wonder “KISS”

by Prince “DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME”

by Toni Tennille “AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH” with Scott Ellis

by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson “WHEN I FIRST SAW YOU”

by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen “PURPLE RAIN”

by Prince

“(HOW MUCH IS THAT) DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW”

by Bob Merrill “DESPERADO”

by Glenn Frey and Don Henley “SHOOP SHOOP SONG”

by Rudy Clark “LET’S GET IT ON” with Jim Newman featuring Charlotte d’Amboise and Andrea Martin

by Marvin Gaye and Ed Townsend “LOVE ME TENDER”

by Elvis Presley and Vera Matson “I AIN’T GONNA LET YOU BREAK MY HEART AGAIN”

by David Lasley and Julie Lasley “SOMEBODY TO LOVE”

by Freddie Mercury “SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT” with Brandon Victor Dixon

by Elton John and Bernie Taupin “PRECIOUS MEMORIES”

by J.B.F. Wright “HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW”

by Charles H. Gabriel and Civilla D. Martin “THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD”

by Van Morrison “THEME FROM EXODUS”

by Ernest Gold

This evening’s concert will be performed without intermission.

SPONSORS “BIG MAMA” SPONSOR (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) Frank Cioffi & Brian Hargrove Fred Ebb Foundation “PRUDIE CUPP” SPONSOR (Pump Boys and Dinettes) BroadwayWorld.com David Lee & Mark Nichols “SHELBY STEVENS” SPONSOR (Steel Pier) Dr. David Fields & Ailene Fields “CARMEN BERNSTEIN” SPONSOR (Curtains) Tony & Susan Gilroy Rupert Holmes “GENEVA” SUPPORTER (Redwood Curtain) Courtney Barroll Tonya Berenzin Jeff Daniels Jill & Marty Handelsman Roger Horchow John Kander James Lapine Kenneth Murphy Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig Janet Rosen Steven Sorrentino Susan Stroman Joyce Van Patten as of February 18, 2014

THE BIRTHDAY BASH BAND Piano.................................................................................Mary-Mitchell Campbell Keyboard.............................................................................................David Gardos Guitars...........................................................................Eric Davis, Jim Hershman Bass.......................................................................................................Brian Hamm Drums.................................................................................................Shannon Ford Trumpet..............................................................................................Dylan Schwab Saxophones...............................................................Scott Kreitzer, Dave Noland Violin.....................................................................................................Justin Smith Arrangers and Orchestrators.........................................................Matt Aument, Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Matt Castle, Oran Eldor, Frank Galgano, David Gardos, Ryan Shirar Music Preparation..............................................................................Matt Moisey Vocal Arrangements......................................................................Adam Wachter

PRODUCTION CREDITS Stage Managers............................................................................Kayliane Burns, Lisa Iacucci, Jereme Kyle Lewis, Becca Pickett Assistant Director.............................................................................Ray Roderick Assistant Choreographer.....................................................................Liz Ramos Hair and Makeup................................................................................Randall Tang “Totally Hot” Photographer............................................................Tess Steinkolk Assistant to Debra Monk.......................................................................Tara Young Event Artwork................................................................................Aaron Waytkus Program Design.....................................................................................Joy Nelson Ticketing.......................................................................Cat Domiano, Skip Lawing Miss Monk’s clothes by William Ivey Long

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Steel Pier, photo by Joan Marcus

With David Hyde Pierce in Curtains, photo by Joan Marcus

Company, photo by Carol

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With the company of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, photo by Joan Marcus

With Annie Golden from the Playwrights Horizons production of Assassins, photo by Martha Swope

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, photo by Joan Marcus

Redwood Curtain, photo by Ken Howard

Happiness comes in on tiptoe Well, what do you know It’s a quiet thing A very quiet thing...

-Fred Ebb from Flora, the Red Menace

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SPECIAL THANKS Courtney Barroll Scott Bishop Dr. Kelly Garrett Jen Green Jack Hayes Ruby Jane Jeff Johnson-Doherty Dr. Bernard Kruger Donny Sanders Susan Stroman Anna Troiano and Nicholas Martin, who inspires Debra every day.

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Philip S. Birsh, CEO & President Bruce Hallett, Publisher Blake Ross, Editor-in-Chief

Theatre Authority Acknowledgement We wish to express our gratitide to the performers’ unions – Actors’ Equity Association, American Guild of Musical Artists, American Guild of Variety Artists and SAG-AFTRA – through Theatre Authority Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the artists to appear in this program.

“If I could come THAT way, I wouldn’t need the batteries!”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEB! Thank you for sharing your treasure trove of filthy jokes with Fred.

He adored you and so do we!

Love, Mitch, Tim and The Fred Ebb Foundation

We all cherish you, Deb. -Rupert

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JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York, an international leader in educating for justice, offers a rich liberal arts and professional studies curriculum to upwards of 15,000 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 135 nations. In teaching, scholarship and research, the College approaches justice as an applied art and science in service to society and as an ongoing conversation about fundamental human desires for fairness, equality and the rule of law. For more information, visit www.jjay.cuny.edu.

Since opening its doors in 1988, the Gerald W. Lynch Theater has been an invaluable cultural resource for John Jay College and the larger New York City community. The theatre is dedicated to the creation and presentation of performing arts programming of all disciplines with a special focus on how the artistic imagination can shed light on the many perceptions of justice in our society. The theatre is also a member of CUNY Stages, a consortium of 16 performing arts center located on CUNY campuses across New York City.

The theatre has hosted events in the Lincoln Center Festival since its first season in 1996, as well as New York City Opera, Great Performers at Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Opera Guild and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater/ Ailey II. The theater has also been the site of many television and film specials including A&E’s Live by Request, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Robert Klein in Concert and VH1’s Soundtrack Live. For more information and to view a schedule of events, please visit www.jjay.cuny.edu/theater.

Jeremy Travis, President Robert M. Pignatello, Senior Vice President for the

Office of Finance and Administration Jeffrey C. Brown, Executive Director Johanna Whitton, Managing Director Joshua Redfearn, Technical Supervisor Mark Lorenzen, Stage Supervisor Rubina Shafi, Audience Services Manager Amelia Vlah Roy, House Electrician Jeffrey Kurtze, House Carpenter/Rigger William Grady, House Audio Engineer David Nelson, Stagehand Timothy Jones, Gallery Technician Alyshia Burke, Custodian

SAVE THE DATE BROADWAY BACKWARDS Monday, March 24 Al Hirschfeld Theatre

EASTER BONNET COMPETITION Monday, April 21 & Tuesday April 22 Minskoff Theatre

BROADWAY BARES 24 Sunday, June 22 Hammerstein Ballroom

FIRE ISLAND DANCE FESTIVAL Saturday, July 19 & Sunday, July 20 Fire Island Pines, NY

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Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS STAFF Tom Viola Executive Director Michael Graziano Producing Director PRODUCTION J. Jason Daunter Christopher DeLuise Cat Domiano Trisha Doss Nathan Hurlin Valerie Lau-Kee Lai Skip Lawing Joe Norton Kimberly Russell Scott T. Stevens Danny Whitman Director of Communications & Development COMMUNICATIONS & DEVELOPMENT Lane Beauchamp Josh Blye Mo Brady Frank Conway Angelica Franklin Joy Nelson Dex Ostling Roy Palijaro Ryan Walls Aaron Waytkus Larry Cook Director of Finance & Administration FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Michelle Abesamis Ngoc Ha Bui R. Keith Bullock Ed Garrison Yvonne Ghareeb Dennis Henriquez Donald Huppert Rose M. James Brian O’Donnell Dan Perry Madeline Reed RETAIL OUTREACH Peter Borzotta Andy Halliday Chris Gizzi DANCERS RESPONDING TO AIDS Denise Roberts Hurlin Christopher F. Davis Sarah Cardillo CLASSICAL ACTION Chris Kenney

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS Paul Libin, President Ira Mont, First Vice President Thomas Schumacher, Second Vice President Nina Lannan, Third Vice President Sherry Cohen, Fourth Vice President Philip Birsh, Treasurer Judith Rice, Secretary TRUSTEES Cornelius Baker John Barnes Scott Barnes Joseph Benincasa Chris Boneau Bob Boyett Barry Brown Kate Burton Robert Callely Kathleen Chalfant Alan Cumming Gavin Darraugh Michael David B. Merle Debuskey Maria Di Dia Paul DiDonato Sam Ellis Richard Frankel Roy Harris Richard Hester Craig Jacobs Richard Jay-Alexander Cherry Jones Nathan Lane Jay Laudato Margo Lion Nancy Mahon Mary McColl Kevin McCollum Michael McElroy Terrence McNally Jerry Mitchell Bernadette Peters Chita Rivera Jordan Roth Nick Scandalios Robert Score Marian Seldes Philip J. Smith Charlotte St. Martin David Stone Stuart Thompson Tim Tompkins Tom Viola (ex-officio) Robert E. Wankel Nick Wyman (as of October 2013)

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