Major Gala Events
devised and directed by Hugh Wooldridge

AN EVENING WITH ALAN JAY LERNER

starring Julie Andrews, Liza Minnelli, Robert Goulet, Sally Ann Howes, Rudolph Nureyev, Leonard Bernstein, Len Cariou, Hal Prince, Walter Cronkite and many others
The New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
(as seen on PBS)

AN EVENING WITH ALAN JAY LERNER

with Placido Domingo, Douglas Fairbanks Jnr, Elaine Paige, Liz Robertson. Burton Lane and a host of stars which raised funds for Cancer Research
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
(available on CD)

AN EVENING WITH ALAN JAY LERNER

with Richard Harris and many others
The Opera House, Manchester

THE NIGHT OF 1000 VOICES (1999-2007)

with artistes including Michael Ball, Glenn Close, Joel Grey, Howard Keel, Elaine Paige, Roger Moore, Michael Crawford, Cy Coleman, Len Cariou, Philip Quast, Colm Wilkinson, Tim Rice, Maria Friedman, David Essex, Lauren Kennedy, John Kander, Laura Michelle Kelly, Judy Kuhn, Alan Campbell, Anthony Crivello, Caroline O’Connor, Cliff Richard
The Royal Albert Hall, London and The Odyssey Arena, Belfast
(a charity Gala Concert celebrating the centenary of NODA; subsequently repeated annually)

DANCEPOWER

a celebration of World Dance for The Red Cross
The London Palladium

COMEDY TONIGHT

with the leading UK comic artistes for The Roy Kinnear Trust
The Royal National Theatre, London

AROUND THE WORLD

with Elaine Paige and Michael Flatley and his then, newly-formed, Riverdance
The Royal Albert Hall, London
for The Royal National Institute for the Blind

SHIRLEY BASSEY IN CABARET

for the 125th Anniversary of the Red Cross

WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE? - THE IRA GERSHWIN CENTENARY CELEBRATION

in aid of Mencap
The Royal Albert Hall, London
(as seen on BBC tv)

The inaugural BERNARD JACOBS AWARD for Excellence in Theatre

presented to James Nederlander
Waldorf Astoria, New York

© Copyright 2007, Hugh Wooldridge