Star-Studded Staged Reading of 'All the President’s Men’ at Guild Hall Raises Funds To Preserve NYC Church - 27 East
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Star-Studded Staged Reading of 'All the President’s Men’ at Guild Hall Raises Funds To Preserve NYC Church

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Full Cast Shot: Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, Alec Baldwin, Talia Balsam, Dana Bash, Andy Cohen, Maddie Corman, Robert Downey Jr., Charles Everett, Victor Carber, Spencer Garrett, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Corey Hawkins, John Benjamin Hickey, Nathan Lane, Kenneth Lonergan, Julianne Moore, Gwyneth Paltrow, Wendell Pierce, Mark Ruffalo, J. Smith-Cameron, Ali Wentworth, Jumaane D. Williams and Ramy Youssef. JESSICA DALENE

Full Cast Shot: Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, Alec Baldwin, Talia Balsam, Dana Bash, Andy Cohen, Maddie Corman, Robert Downey Jr., Charles Everett, Victor Carber, Spencer Garrett, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Corey Hawkins, John Benjamin Hickey, Nathan Lane, Kenneth Lonergan, Julianne Moore, Gwyneth Paltrow, Wendell Pierce, Mark Ruffalo, J. Smith-Cameron, Ali Wentworth, Jumaane D. Williams and Ramy Youssef. JESSICA DALENE

From left, Mark Ruffalo, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward and Debby Hirshman, Executive Director of the Center at West Park. JESSICA DALENE

From left, Mark Ruffalo, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward and Debby Hirshman, Executive Director of the Center at West Park. JESSICA DALENE

A Marvel reunion: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Ruffalo. JESSICA DALENE

A Marvel reunion: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Ruffalo. JESSICA DALENE

Alec Baldwin at Guild Hall with the poster for the reading. JESSICA DALENE

Alec Baldwin at Guild Hall with the poster for the reading. JESSICA DALENE

From left, Mark Ruffalo, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward and Alec Baldwin on stage at Guild Hall. JESSICA DALENE

From left, Mark Ruffalo, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward and Alec Baldwin on stage at Guild Hall. JESSICA DALENE

Nathan Lane and Victor Garber. JESSICA DALENE

Nathan Lane and Victor Garber. JESSICA DALENE

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. LISA TAMBURINI

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. LISA TAMBURINI

From left, Mitchell Schamroth, President of the Board Center at West Park, Jumaane D. Williams Debby Hirshman, Executive Director Center at West Park. JESSICA DALENE

From left, Mitchell Schamroth, President of the Board Center at West Park, Jumaane D. Williams Debby Hirshman, Executive Director Center at West Park. JESSICA DALENE

authorStaff Writer on Sep 1, 2025

On Monday, August 25, a star-studded cast took to the Guild Hall stage in East Hampton for a one-night-only reading of William Goldman’s Academy Award-winning screenplay “All the President’s Men.”

The event was a fundraiser for the nonprofit Center at West Park and its efforts to preserve the landmarked West Park Presbyterian Church on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, which has been the group’s home for 12 years. Since 2023, CWP, which fosters accessible, inclusive arts and community programming, has served as managing agent of the landmark church, transforming it into a self-sustaining community and cultural hub. But the church has fallen into disrepair and now faces demolition by a developer — unless funds are raised in time.

The cast for the reading included Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the Washington Post reporters who uncovered the Watergate scandal — which led to Richard Nixon’s resignation — and were portrayed in the 1976 film version of “All the President's Men.”

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