CancerCare presents the 2023 CancerCare Spring Gala on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at The Ziegfeld Ballroom. The gala is a vital
source of funding for CancerCare and the organization’s premier event for its trustees, donors and business leaders. More than 500 people including community and business leaders, corporate partners
and celebrities are expected to attend the event. Previous attendees include Katie Couric, Laura Linney,
Cynthia Nixon, Whoopi Goldberg, Chef David Burke, Sam Donaldson, Mayor David Dinkins, Jessye
Norman and many other notable figures who support CancerCare’s mission. Past honorees include Frank
Doroff (former Executive Vice President of Bloomingdale’s), Bristol-Myers Squibb, Astellas & Medivation,
Bayer HealthCare, Pamela S. Wygod and WebMD Health Foundation and Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Location: The Ziegfeld Ballroom, 141 West 54th Street, New York City
6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception & Silent Auction
7:00 p.m. Dinner, Live Auction & Award Presentations
Cocktail Attire
Broadway and television star and cancer survivor
Krysta Rodriguez
Event Co-Chairs
Auction Co-Chairs
Meet Our Committee
Tony Award-winner and five-time Tony Award nominee, Laura Benanti, is a highly celebrated stage and screen actress, who recently ended her critically acclaimed run on Broadway as Eliza Doolittle in Lincoln Center’s revival of “My Fair Lady.” Her television credits include “Younger,” “The Detour,” “Supergirl,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Nashville,” “The Good Wife,” “Elementary,” “Nurse Jackie,” “The Big C,” NBC’s “The Sound of Music Live” and her heralded turn as First Lady Melania Trump on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Other Broadway credits include Steve Martin’s Meteor Shower, Amalia Balash in She Loves Me (Tony and Drama Desk Award nominee), Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy opposite Patti LuPone (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Tony nomination, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards winner), Into the Woods (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations), In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play, The Wedding Singer, Nine (starring Antonio Banderas). Other distinguished theater performances include Perdita in The Winter's Tale at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Anne in A Little Night Music at the L.A. Opera, Eileen in Wonderful Town, and Rosabella in The Most Happy Fella, both for City Center Encores!
Founded in 1944, CancerCare is the leading national organization dedicated to providing free, professional support services including case management, counseling, support groups, educational workshops, publications and financial assistance to anyone affected by cancer. All CancerCare services are provided by oncology social workers and world-leading cancer experts.
PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
TREASURER
SECRETARY
*Deadline for inclusion in the invitation is Monday, January 16th, 2023.
Tickets will not be mailed. Your reservation will be managed at check-in.
Please reach out to Special Events Director,
Erica Lebensberg, with any questions:
212-712-6165