Take a colossal airplane hangar, add an epic cause, spectacular
entertainment, glorious food and ambience, 880 A-listers, and you have Hope
Takes Flight, a singular achievement from lift-off to landing. Dinner
theater at its finest had a troupe of aerial artists floating through space
and seamless performances by Billy Porter, Marcus Lovett, Michele Pawk and
Broadway's Jerry Orbach, who just lost his battle to cancer. Golf legend
Greg Norman and Chris Noth, Mr. Big from "Sex in the City," jetted in to
join hosts Elsie and Henry Hillman. While Mikell and Bill Schenck and
Pamela and Markos Tambakeras chaired the high-flier that raised $4,170,000
for University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Hillman Cancer Center. |
