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La Bête
On a very special evening in December 2010,
Chapter friends and supporters were
transported back to 17th-century France and
subjected to the “most obnoxious person on Broadway,”
a delightful princess, and a first-rate glowering
straight-man — all for a good cause. More than
70 members of our community attended a benefit
performance of the hilarious Broadway farce, La Bête, at
the Music Box Theatre, starring award-winning actors
Mark Rylance, Joanna Lumley and long-time Alzheimer
advocate David Hyde Pierce.
The performance was followed by a private party with
the cast and crew at Pigalle Restaurant. In a remarkable
act of generosity, Tom Viola, Executive Director of
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, presented Chapter
President Lou-Ellen Barkan with a check in honor
of David Hyde Pierce’s extraordinary commitment to
charitable causes.
Barkan said, “Tonight’s performance of La Bête and the
support of the theatre community is a good reminder
that from the Boardroom to Broadway, Alzheimer’s
disease impacts all New Yorkers. Right now more than
half-a-million people in the five boroughs either have
the disease or are taking care of someone who does.
The Chapter is deeply grateful to Mark, Joanna, David
and Tom Viola for their talents, their time and their
generosity.”
David Hyde Pierce, a tireless advocate in the Alzheimer’s
community, serves on the Board of the National
Alzheimer’s Association and as a national spokesperson.
He lost his father and grandfather to the disease.
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