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Join The Carter Burden Center for the Aging for a reception and performance of Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore at El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street. The evening will begin with a 6:00 p.m. pre-performance reception at the Café of El Museo del Barrio, followed by a performance of H.M.S. Pinafore by Blue Hill Troupe at 8:00 p.m. at El Teatro of El Museo del Barrio. With its spirited shanties and aching ballads, deft satire of class distinctions, thwarted romances and mistaken identity, H.M.S. Pinafore receives a glorious full production from New York's longest running producers of Gilbert & Sullivan.
The Carter Burden Center for the Aging is a nonprofit agency that promotes the well-being of older adults through a broad array of direct social services and volunteer programs oriented to individual, family and community needs. Proceeds from the event will benefit The Carter Burden Center for the Aging's Cultural Connections program. Tickets are $125, $250 and $500, which includes the reception and preferred orchestra seating at Blue Hill Troupe's H.M.S. Pinafore, and must be reserved by April 1st. To purchase tickets, please call (212) 879-7400 ext. 204 or email plevenerm@carterburdencenter.org. For more information, please visit www.carterburdencenter.org.
The Blue Hill Troupe is in its 87th season of bringing high-quality theater performances to New York City audiences while raising money for a different city charity every year, and has raised over three million dollars since its founding in 1924. For the 2010/2011 season, the Troupe has selected The Carter Burden Center for the Aging as the beneficiary of its performances. For more information, please visit www.bht.org.
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