The 2nd Annual American Songbook Association Gala
To Life! Celebrating Sheldon Harnick
Monday, September 16, 2019 at 7:30 pm
The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre
at the Pershing Square Signature Center
Photos by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
Photo: Margery Gray Harnick
A SRO crowd was treated to an evening of top-notch entertainment as the American Songbook Association named Sheldon Harnick the recipient of its 2019 ASA Lifetime Achievement Award. With Klea Blackhurst as host, the evening moved smoothly from one performer to the next, ending with the presentation of the award to Sheldon by his good friend Deborah Grace Winer. Here are photos of the performers, in order of appearance, with the title of the song they performed, as well as candid shots from before and after the Gala.
“Gorgeous”
“Boston Beguine”
Director of the ASA Education & Outreach Program
“When Messiah Comes”
“Sabbath Prayer”
“Matchmaker”
“Blonde Blues”
“When Did I Fall in Love”
“Politics and Poker”/”Little Tin Box”
“Now I Have Everything”
“Dragons”
“Here in Eden”
“Vanilla Ice Cream”
“In My Own Lifetime”
“Ven Ikh Bin Rothschild” (“If I Were a Rich Man” in Yiddish)
Reading the letter from Mayor Bill de Blasio
“Dear Sweet Sewing Machine”
Music Director
Bass
Drums
