Bay Street Theater's 32nd Annual Summer Benefit Gala

Bay Street Theater’s 32nd Annual Summer Gala will take place at the theater on Saturday, July 6. The evening supports Bay Street’s numerous educational programs. This year’s honorees are Broadway stars Neil Patrick Harris and his husband, David Burtka (who is also a trained chef) and East End community leader Dr. Georgette Grier-Key, the executive director of Eastville Community Historical Society

In addition to delectable food, creative cocktails and a live auction with celebrity auctioneer Richard Kind, the evening will feature an all-star performance. This year’s gala is titled “Maybe They’re Magic” and it will focus on the magic of Stephen Sondheim, as Harris and Burtka have both performed in Broadway shows by Sondheim.

Echoing Harris’s love of magic and magicians, the theme of magic will continue throughout the evening in the decor of the theater as it is transformed into a place of wonder, merriment and enchantment in the presence of a professional magician who will mystify guests as they eat and drink. The magical performance will be directed by Bay Street’s associate artistic director Will Pomerantz with musical direction by James Bassi, and will feature host/performer multi-Tony nominee Marc Kudisch, Broadway sensation, Tony Award-winner Lena Hall and many more. After the performance, celebrity auctioneer Richard Kind steps up to the block to wrangle bids on some epically fabulous experiences including: A walk-on role for Bay Street’s upcoming production of Mel Brooks’s “Young Frankenstein — The Musical,” a dinner for eight created by Chef Matteo, formerly of Ristorante Le Cirque, and a brunch for 20 with a view of the Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City from a Central Park West windowed apartment and much more.

For more information and tickets, visit baystreet.org or call 631-725-0818. Bay Street theater is on Long Wharf in Sag Harbor.