How a gala breathed new life, hope into George Street Playhouse, theater
'No One Else for Me' from George Street Playhouse's premiere of 'Last Days of Summer'
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And he paused.
"He stood there and as he was starting to sing, he just stopped and said, 'I need a minute,' " George Street artistic director David Saint said. "And he got very emotional and he said, 'I didn't realize how much it was going to affect me.' "
It's no wonder.
Coming more than 14 months after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered performance venues along with the rest of the world, the moment of return, of singing in a theater, on stage, with lights, sound and a baby grand piano topped with a giant bouquet of flowers has a reverence to it.