
TRU LOVE 2001
Perfomers
Top Row: Libra Sene, Kristopher McDowell,
hostess Angela LaGreca,
co-chairman Sandi Durell, Ken Prymus.
Center: soap star Eileen Fulton, Robert
Cuccioli, Jen Kane, Stephanie Pope, KT Sullivan.
Bottom row: Mark Nadler, Suzanne Ishee,
Heather MacRae, Vickie Phillips, Jana Robbins.
(Photos by Ben Strothmann; montage by Jeff Prout.)
The
3rd Annual
TRU LOVE Cabaret Benefit
honoring
Frederic B. Vogel
of the Commercial Theater Institute,
recipient of the 2001 TRU Spirit of
Theater Award.
Monday evening, 11/19
Wine
reception and Silent Auction at 6:30pm,
show and awards ceremony at 7:30pm,
private reception with cast at 9:30 at
the Soul Cafe.
With Bob Cuccioli, Sandi Durell,
Eileen Fulton, Suzanne Ishee, Pamela
Lynn, Heather MacRae, Kristopher
McDowell, Mark Nadler, Vickie Phillips,
Stephanie Pope, Ken Prymus, Jana Robbins,
Libra Sene, Mary Stout, KT Sullivan, Jane
Summerhays, Stiller & Meara, and
the Broadway Voices Choir.
Directed by Shari Upbin.
The
John Houseman Theatre, 450 W. 42nd Street
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The Awards
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| TRU President Bob Ost
giving the TRU Volunteer of the Year Award to our
Director of Special Events Courtney
Sweeting. |
Committee Chairs Ric
Wanetik and Randall
Wreghitt reminisce about TRU
honoree Fred Vogel. |

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President Bob
Ost presenting the 2001
TRU "Spirit of Theater" Award
to Frederic Vogel.
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The Performances
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Enrico Jesus
DeCruz serenading TRU Board
member, Broadway's beautiful Jane
Summerhays.
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Mary Stout
performs "The Dieter's Prayer" with a
little heavenly help from Eliseo
Romano, Jason Levenson and Paul
Niemi.
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The
Broadway Voices Choir sing Bob
Ost's
"Broadway Blessing" in honor of Fred.
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The Party
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| TRU VP Cheryl
Davis overseeing the Silent
Auction before the show. |
TRU Board
member and TRU LOVE director Shari
Upbin with musician Clive
Bullard |
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| Fred and
friends Pat Addiss and
Phyllis Schloss at
the Soul Cafe reception. |
TRU Chairman Sandi
Durell, singer Nancy
McGraw and TRU Co-Chair Linda
Amiel Burns at the Soul Cafe. |
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| TRU LOVE
Staff: Shawn Reese,
TRU Director of Publicity Donora
Johnson, Lynne
Hildebrand and Paul
Niemi. |
Randie
Levine Miller, producer Carol
Ostrow, lyricist Mae
Richard and publicist Marcia
Mungenast. |
All of the above photos
by Ben Strothmann.
All of the following photos by Margot Astrachan.
The
1st Annual
TRU LOVE Cabaret Benefit

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Setting
up for the 1999 First Annual TRU LOVE
Benefit: former TRU Secretary Scarlett
Antonia, fomer TRU Board member Ray
L'Dera, staff members Michelle
Norman, William Culbreth
and Robert Carver, and former
TRU Secretary Cynthia Cowens.
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At
the 1999 TRU LOVE Benefit: TRU Board
Member and director Shari Upbin behind
TRU Advisory Board members journalist/critic Peter
Filichia and director/producer Linda
Amiel Burns.
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The
cast and crew of the 1999 First Annual TRU
LOVE Benefit. Back row
(left to right): David Sabella, Paul
Johnson (music director), Peter
Kapetan, Steven Sandburg (music
director), David Maiocco (music
director), director Doug DeVita,
Christiane Noll, Barry Ford. 3rd row: Heather
MacRae, Mary Barto, Suzanna Bowling, Dottie
Burman, Vickie Phillips, Vicki Shaghoian, Marcia
Iris Feldman, TRU's Bob Ost.
2nd row: Mike Dion (music
director), Tommy Femia (on his
way to becoming Judy Garland), James
Bohanek, choreographer Patrick
Loy. Front row: FIT student performers Lanny
Spires, Peter Previti, Rochelle Zimmerman, Karen
DiConcetta.
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