A star-studded benefit for Hole in the Wall Camps, founded by Westport’s Paul Newman, will be held April 21 at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in New York.
The 7 p.m. performance will feature appearances by Newman, Paul McCartney, Julia Roberts, Robin Williams, Tony Bennett, Mary J. Blige, the Emerson String Quartet and the acrobatic group AntiGravity.
Tony Award-winner and Weston resident James Naughton will direct the evening, which is titled “Stars in the Sky” and will include a post-performance dinner and auction.
Newman founded the first Hole in the Wall Camp in 1988 in Ashford, Conn. The Association of Hole in the Wall Camps now includes nine camps and will serve over 10,000 children in 2005. For more information visit www.holeinthewallcamps.org.
Tickets for Stars in the Sky are available by calling (212) 462-2900. Tickets range from $250 (performance only) to $50,000 (tickets for 10, prime seating for 10 at a post-performance dinner plus listings on the invitation and in the program).
A fantastic gala for a most worthy cause. The Hole In The Wall Camps have offered so much to enrich the lives and give hope to so many of our children over the years. There are few if any that have given them so much in their time of need.
Albert S. Beasley, M.D.