Micaela Diamond was nominated for a Tony Award for her star turn as Lucille Frank in Parade on Broadway, after making her Broadway debut as ‘Babe’ – the youngest Cher –
in The Cher Show. She recently appeared in The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical and Leonard Bernstein’s opera Mass at the Kennedy Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Row, and
Ethan Coen’s A Play Is A Poem in Los Angeles. TV/Film: NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar Live,” Peggy in Tick, Tick… Boom!, “The Gilded Age,” and “Up Here” on Hulu.

Our evening of celebration will also include Tovah Feldshuh, actress, playwright, singer and longtime Broadway star. She’s earned four Tony Award nominations for her roles in “Yentl,” “Saravá,” “Lend Me a Tenor” and “Golda’s Balcony,” which became the longest-running one-woman show in Broadway history and was also turned into a highly acclaimed film. In addition to playing Prime Minister Golda Meir, Feldshuh has portrayed Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to sold-out houses. On television, Ms. Feldshuh earned 2 Emmy nominations for her work in NBC’s miniseries “Holocaust” and “Law & Order.” Her film credits include “Kissing Jessica Stein,” “A Walk on the Moon” and “Clifford the Big Red Dog.” Her memoir, “Lilyville: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I’ve Played” was #1 in Parent-Child Relationships on Amazon. She just finished celebrating her 50th year on Broadway starring as Rosie Brice in the revival of “Funny Girl.” In gratitude, she founded the Feldshuh Fund for Women’s Health for early detection of all reproductive cancers for women in the entertainment community.

The 2023–2024 season is the National Symphony Orchestra’s 93rd season and Music Director Gianandrea Noseda’s seventh season. Since its founding in 1931, the NSO has been committed to performances that enrich the lives of its audience and community members. In 1986, the National Symphony became an artistic affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where it has performed since the Center opened in 1971. The NSO participates in events of national and international importance, including the annual nationally televised concerts on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol, live-streamed performances on medici.tv, and local radio broadcasts on WETA 90.9 FM. 

Since launching its eponymous recording label in 2020, the NSO has embarked on ambitious recording projects including the Orchestra’s first complete Beethoven Symphony cycle and the release of the first-ever cycle of George Walker’s Sinfonias, both led by Noseda. 

The NSO’s community engagement and education projects are nationally recognized, including NSO In Your Neighborhood; Notes of Honor; and Sound Health. Career development opportunities for young musicians include the NSO Youth Fellowship Program and its acclaimed, tuition-free Summer Music Institute.  

Chances are that you’ve heard the amazing soprano voice of Nova Y. Payton with the internationally staged musical, 3 Mo’ Divas, on television, or in countless regional theatre productions across the country. Boasting a prolific catalog of artist collaborations, the former American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) student has shared the stage with Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, Levi Kreis, Bobby McFerrin, John Michael Higgins, Yolanda Adams, Betsy Wolfe, Michael Uris, Anthony Hamilton and Michelle Williams. She has also opened for heavyweights like Ashford and Simpson, Will Downing, Stephanie Mills, Melba Moore, The Chi-Lites and the Dramatics.

Nova has performed in over 150 major cities in the US, as well as Canada, Japan, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and Europe.

Zachary Noah Piser (he/him) is an Asian-American, Jewish actor based in NYC. Broadway/Off-Broadway credits include KPOP (Brad, OBC), Dear Evan Hansen‘s first AAPI Evan on Broadway, Wicked (Boq), and Barrow Street Theatre’s West End transfer of Sweeney Todd (Tobias). Zach has also performed at venues internationally, including Carnegie Hall, Shanghai Grand Theatre, Lincoln Center, & more. Bay Area native, Northwestern grad. @zach_piser

EMILY SKINNER has unequivocally established herself as one of Broadway‘s most engaging and versatile performers.

This past year she was seen on Broadway in John Kander, Fred Ebb and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s New York, New York, directed by Susan Stroman.  Skinner was recently seen in the pre-Broadway production of the Britney Spear’s musical Once Upon a One More Time, the guest lead in NBC’s The Blacklist and on Broadway in The Cher Show.

In the fall 2017 Broadway season, she had the honor of being directed by Hal Prince in his last show Prince of Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club and she was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance. Another recent highlight came when Dame Julie Andrews selected Emily to star in the musical based on her children’s book The Great American Mousical, which premiered at Godspeed’s Norma Terris Theatre.

She appeared previously on Broadway starring in the acclaimed musical Billy Elliot. Handpicked by Oscar-winning director Stephen Daldry, she had the honor of being the very first American selected to play the role of Billy’s dance teacher, Mrs. Wilkinson. She received a Broadway World Award for her performance.  Emily was nominated for a Tony Award (along with Alice Ripley) and received a Drama League Award for her performance as Daisy Hilton in the brilliant but short-lived Side Show.

Her other original Broadway credits include Jekyll & Hyde, James Joyce’s The Dead (opposite Christopher Walken), The Full Monty, Dinner At Eight (Outer Critics Circle Nomination), A Christmas Carol, as well as The Actors Fund productions of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and Dreamgirls.