Toccarra
Cash: "Someone thinks I'm good."
The Princess Grace
Foundation USA (a public charity that supports
emerging artists in theater, dance and film) hosted
a cocktail reception and panel discussion with
the 2007 Princess Grace Foundation Theater honoree
Toccarra Cash, comedian Dick Cavett and actress
Estelle Parsons. An interesting note about the
far reaching careers of former Princess Grace
Award winners is that evening panelist Estelle
Parsons is currently starring as Violet Weston
in the Tony Award- winning play August: Osage
County on Broadway. The play is directed
by Tony Award winner Anna Shapiro, who won the
Princess Grace Award in 1996 for Theater/Directing.
The evening was
generously hosted by former Monaco resident Marie-Claire
Gladstone and her husband Robert Gladstone of
Madison Equities, the developers of 57 Irving
Place.
The panel discussion
was quite lively with the very talented Toccarra
Cash having to don squall gear to keep from being
blown off the stage by Cavett and Parsons, who
played off each other like long time sparring
partners.
Here are some of
the funny quotes from the night:
Estelle Parsons:
I think actors getting into politics is kind of
silly, we are professional liars.
Dick Cavett on
Sarah Palin: She seems to have no first language.
McCain aimed low and missed.
Dick Cavett: Why
shouldn't people act their age; it's not their
fault.
Estelle Parsons:
I did go to law school - it was ridiculous. What
are people like us doing in law school.
Estelle Parsons:
Johnny Carson told me that he could not figure
out why I was funny and he was going to keep asking
me back until he figured it out.
The panelists also
spoke about the importance of the Princess Grace
Foundation award and how it encourages young artists
in a critical time in their career by validating
their work.
Robert Gladstone , Peter
Zimroth, Estelle Parsons and Marie-Claire Gladstone
Photo Credit Daniel Perry
Toccarra Cash, Estelle
Parsons and Dick Cavett
Photo Credit Jerry Lacay
Estelle Parsons and
Dick Cavett
Photo Credit Jerry Lacay
Amy Rosi, Peter Rosenthal,
and Martha Rogers
Photo Credit Daniel Perry
From the Press
Release (Lisa Lori Communications):
About Princess
Grace Foundation-USA
The Princess
Grace Foundation-USA, a public charity formed
after the death of Princess Grace in 1982, awards
scholarships, apprenticeships and fellowships
to assist emerging theater, dance and film artists
in America. Notable Princess Grace Award recipients
include: Anna D. Shapiro, winner of 2008 Tony®
Award for Director of current Broadway hit
August: Osage County; Stephen Hillenburg,
creator of Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob
SquarePants; Tony Kushner, Pulitzer Prize-winning
playwright; Gillian Murphy, principal dancer
of American
Ballet Theatre; Eric Darnell, director of Madagascar
1 & 2; Greg Mottola, director of Superbad
and Eric Simonson, Academy Award winning filmmaker.
Please visit www.pgfusa.org.
About Marie-Claire and
Robert Gladstone/57 Irving Place
Marie-Claire
Gladstone developed a deep appreciation for
the principality of Monaco as a resident for
over 10 years and event planner. Mrs. Gladstone
continues to show her dedication to Monaco through
her involvement
with its various charities and causes, including
the Princess Grace Foundation-USA. In addition
to being a current resident of Gramercy Park,
the neighborhood is where the Amsterdam native
met her husband, Robert, to whom she married
in the iconic private club, The Players. Robert
Gladstone is the CEO of Madison Equities, the
company currently developing many of New York's
notable properties including 57 Irving Place,
a residential condominium building designed
by AIA award winning architect Audrey Matlock
which is now under construction. Please visit
www.57irvingplace.com.
