92ND STREET Y
Jennifer Hudson Packs The House
As Record Crowd Fills The Till
STORY AND PHOTOS BY TIM BOXER
HE sold-out annual spring gala of New
York’s venerable 92Y raised a record $4.23 million for the
organization’s community and cultural programs. Some 750 guests came
for dinner and 900 attended Jennifer Hudson’s performance in
the concert hall.
"This is our most successful gala ever,"
John Paulson said. "Not only in terms of money but it is the
first time we have had a sold-out performance. Not one vacant seat."
92Y president Stuart J. Ellman
summed it up: "Tonight is about giving."
Among the guests were Debra and
Glenn August, Jill Bikoff, Stacey and Matthew Bronfman,
Nina and Mitch Davidson, Susan and Jeffrey
Goldenberg, Daphne Recanati Kaplan and Thomas Kaplan,
Lisa and David Klein of Leviev, Christine and
Richard Mack, Selina and Sihan Shu, and Buddy Teich.
