Patti LuPone To Headline Bardavon Gala 2023

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — The headliner for the Bardavon Gala 2023 will be Broadway legend and multiple Tony Award winner Patti LuPone.

The gala will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 17, according to a news release.

Tickets went on sale Wednesday for Bardavon members. The general public will be able to buy tickets Friday.

LuPone will be sharing her love affair with the stage, via her show “Don’t Monkey with Broadway.”

She explores — through interpretations of classic Broadway show tune by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Jule Styne, Stephen Schwartz, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin — how her life-long love affair with Broadway began and the unpredictability of the Great White Way.

For a $275 ticket, attendees can come to a pre-show cocktail party and then to the performance. The performance alone costs $125. All tickets include a tax-deductible contribution.

Fund raised by the Bardavon Gala help underwrite many programs that cannot support themselves, such as education programs and school residencies that bring artists and musicians to local schools.

Sponsorship opportunities are available by contacting Bardavon’s Executive Director Chris Silva.

The gala pre-show cocktail party will have music and a selection of signature canapés and hors d’oeuvres at Keepsake at The Academy, which is a five-minute walk from the theater.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the Bardavon Box Office, 35 Market St. in Poughkeepsie, 845-473-2072, or in person at the UPAC Box Office, 601 Broadway in Kingston, 845-339-6088. You can also email the Bardavon Box Office or purchase online through TicketMaster.