Development
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TDF Announces the Return of its Festive Spring Benefit Costumes & Cocktails
New York, NY – December 11, 2025 – TDF, the not-for-profit organization dedicated to sharing the power of the performing arts with everyone, is pleased to announce the return of Costumes & Cocktails, a glamorous party and benefit celebrating its exceptional Costume Collection, on Monday, April 13, 2026 at TAO Downtown (92 Ninth Avenue). The evening will also include the presentation […]
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TDF’s Fall Fundraiser, Broadway Breakfast, Will Be Hosted by Laura Benanti and Feature Performances by Benanti and Honoree Ali Stroker
New York, NY – October 2, 2025 – TDF is pleased to announce that Tony Award ® winner Laura Benanti will host its annual fall fundraiser Broadway Breakfast . The event will also feature performances by Benanti with musical direction by Billy Stritch , and by honoree and Tony Award ® winner Ali Stroker . Honoring Stroker , Robert E. Wankel , and Samaritan Daytop Village , the sold-out event will be
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TDF’s Fall Fundraiser, Broadway Breakfast, Will Honor Robert E. Wankel and Ali Stroker on October 15
New York, NY – July 2, 2025 – TDF, the not-for-profit organization dedicated to sharing the power of the performing arts with everyone, is pleased to announce that its annual fall fundraiser Broadway Breakfast will be held at the iconic Rainbow Room (30 Rockefeller Plaza, 65 th Floor) on Wednesday, October 15 at 8 a.m. Guests will enjoy a seated breakfast and the glamorous venue’s unparalleled NYC
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Kathy Najimy, Valentine, Ann Hould-Ward, and Martha Clarke Join TDF’s Costumes & Cocktails to Present the TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards
New York, NY – March 31, 2025 – TDF , the not-for-profit organization dedicated to sharing the power of the performing arts with everyone, will celebrate 50 years of its exceptional Costume Collection with a glamorous party, Costumes & Cocktails , on Monday, April 7 at TAO Downtown (92 Ninth Avenue). The evening will also include the presentation of the 2025 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards , celebrating
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TDF to Celebrate 50 Years of the TDF Costume Collection with Costumes & Cocktails at TAO Downtown
New York, NY – February 20, 2025 – TDF , the not-for-profit organization dedicated to sharing the power of the performing arts with everyone, will celebrate 50 years of its exceptional Costume Collection with a glamorous party, Costumes & Cocktails , on Monday, April 7 at Tao Downtown (92 Ninth Avenue). The evening will also include the presentation of the 2025 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards , celebrati
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Ana Gasteyer Joins TDF’s Fall Fundraiser, Broadway Breakfast, Set for Wednesday, October 23 at 8 a.m. at City Winery New York City
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TDF’s Fall Fundraiser, Broadway Breakfast, Set for Wednesday, October 23 at 8 a.m. at City Winery New York City
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TDF’s Fall Fundraiser, Broadway Breakfast, Set for Wednesday, October 25 at 8 a.m. at City Winery
Hosted by Seth Rudetsky & James Wesley, the event stars Lilli Cooper, Santino Fontana and Andrea Martin. Honorees are director and TDF Wendy Wasserstein Project mentor Scott Ellis, and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. The inaugural Victoria Bailey Impact Award will be presented to The Dream Center Harlem.
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Christina Bianco, “the girl of a thousand voices,” will perform a livestream concert in support of TDF’s Lifeline Campaign on Thursday, July 23 at 3 p.m.
Click here to set your YouTube reminder and to watch the concert when it airs. TDF will also host a watch party on Facebook . Expect an eclectic hour of entertainment, with songs, sketches, comedy and myriad impressions of pop-culture personalities and iconic vocalists. Bianco will perform beloved show tunes, impression-filled mash-ups, “Unlikely Interpretations” of songs by unexpected singers and