Must RSVP by the Friday before

$55 admission includes a three-course lunch payable at the door by cash or check only

EVENING EVENT!

Patrick Pacheco is an Emmy Award-winning TV commentator and arts journalist whose work has appeared The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Esquire.com, Elle Décor, Art &Antiques, and several other periodicals. Formerly with NY1 “On Stage,” he now hosts the interview program, “Theater, All the Moving Parts,” on CUNY-TV. He wrote the 2009 Disney documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty and is the co-writer, with Maria Cassi, of the play, My Life with Men…and Other Animals which debuted at the Spoleto Festival, Italy and was adapted into an RAI Television special. His revision of the libretto of the classic Pal Joey premiered at the Arkansas Rep in 2013. He is the author and editor of the best-selling American Theatre Wing, An Oral History: 100 Years, 100 Voices, 100 Million Miracles. He will speak about Chita Rivera and intersperse readings from his book, “Chita, A Memoir”.

Dawn Derow is an award-winning singer and actress who recently starred as Francesca Johnson in The Bridges of Madison County at the Delray Beach Playhouse, earning the Del Lago Award for Outstanding Actress. A Boston Conservatory graduate and multi-MAC Award winner, she returns to New York with Sing Happy: The Wonderful Women of Kander & Ebb at The Triad Theatre — Nov. 18 with Aisha de Haas and Dec. 1 with Karen Mason — celebrating both her artistry and a milestone birthday. She also plays Hedda Hopper and serves as Co-Producer for Dorothy Dandridge: The Musical, premiering its first out-of-town run in February/March 2026.