FEATURE/Thomasville Furniture Shares Center Stage With Meryl Streep, Paul Newman, Robert De Niro, Julia Roberts and More in New York Benefit Gala.Entertainment Editors FEATURE... THOMASVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--Oct. 31, 2001 Thomasville Furniture Industries Thomasville Furniture Industries entered the first decade of the 20th century as the fledgling Thomasville Chair Company in a bustling railroad-side community in the triad area of North Carolina, near High Point, the furniture capital. Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Furniture Brands International, headquartered in St. Louis, has signed on as lead sponsor for an extraordinary one-night-only, star-studded production of The World of Nick Adams. The performance will take place November 19th, 2001 on the stage of Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall Avery Fisher Hall, located in New York City, is a part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts complex. It is the home of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The hall contains 2,738 seats. in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Based on the immortal short stories by Ernest Hemingway with incidental music by Aaron Copland, the benefit performance features an all-star cast including Paul Newman, Meryl Streep, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Morgan Freeman, Brian Dennehy, Alec Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Joanne Woodward, Gwyneth Paltrow, and James Naughton. National Symphony Orchestra National Symphony Orchestra is used for the name of many orchestras in different countries. It may refer to the:
It was founded in the summer of 1978 or 1979 at the Caramoor International Music Festival in Katonah, New York. The orchestra has an average of 55 musicians. . More than 2500 theatergoers are expected to attend the performance. The evening benefits the Association of Hole in the Wall Gang Camps, retreats for many thousands of children stricken with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Founded by Paul Newman in 1988, the Association operates camps in five states, including the Victory Junction Gang Camp The Victory Junction Gang Camp is a camp for terminally ill, and chronically ill children located in Randleman, North Carolina, USA. It is part of the Hole in the Wall Gang camp family. in Randleman, NC, and three in Europe. All children in all the camps are enrolled free of charge. In addition to its role as primary sponsor, Thomasville is also providing furniture personally selected by the show's director, set director and Paul Newman to be used on-stage as part of the production's stage set. In particular, the set will feature pieces taken from the Ernest Hemingway Collection(R) by Thomasville. Those pieces used on-stage will be autographed by the show's cast after the production and auctioned off to further benefit the camps. Chris Pfaff, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc., said that Thomasville's involvement with the production is especially fitting as the company launches the latest chapter in the Ernest Hemingway Collection, named Windemere. "Thomasville is proud to sponsor this event, and we're delighted to be part of this outstanding collaboration of efforts to benefit the Hole in the Wall Gang Camps," Pfaff said. "The sponsorship is also especially timely as we introduce customers to Windemere, a collection inspired by Ernest Hemingway's youth spent at Windemere cottage on the waters of Walloon Lake. It was during these years that the great writer discovered his inspiration for such memorable characters as Nick Adams." The World of Nick Adams has not been heard or seen since it was originally produced by the legendary John Houseman for a live broadcast on CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. television. A.E. Hotchner, who created the dramatization dram·a·ti·za·tion n. 1. The act or art of dramatizing: the dramatization of a novel. 2. A work adapted for dramatic presentation: of the piece, has reworked his original dramatization into a concert presentation. Copland House is Creative Consultant, with House Artistic Director Michael Boriskin serving as the event's Music Advisor, the evening is produced by Kevin Duncan. Tickets can be purchased by calling 212.573-6933. More information about Thomasville's offerings can be found on their web site at www.thomasville.com or by calling 1-800-225-0265. |
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