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The announcement of a donation from the Stabile Foundation comes nine months after the Met lost ChevronTexaco's longtime sponsorship of the well-known Saturday afternoon broadcasts, which have been a radio staple since 1939 Met Opera Radio Broadcasts Get Donation Mar 6, 4:49 PM EST Metropolitan Opera officials announced a $3 5 million matching donation Saturday that will enable the Met's famous radio broadcasts to continue another year, but they warned there's not enough money to continue beyond that The money comes from Stabile's sister, Antoinette Stabile metopera Y The new funding will match $3 The donation will allow a full season of the broadcasts, which reach about 11 million people in 42 countries live from Lincoln Center, Met officials said " Over the years, guests on the radio show have included opera buffs such as U In the text of an appeal prepared for Saturday's broadcast, Sills said the contributions could be of any amount: "Every dollar will be a valuable contribution to our goal Texaco â€â€? acquired by Chevron four years ago â€â€? had been the sole sponsor of the broadcast since a Dec S , a Mount Vernon, N The company said it was a marketing decision The Stabile Foundation, of Naples, Fla â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: http://www Met chairman Beverly Sills planned to seek an additional $150 million from individuals, corporations and foundations to fund the broadcasts indefinitely Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and singing stars including tenors Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo org , was started by industrialist Vincent Stabile, who died in 2002 after making a fortune with Industrial Retaining Ring Co There are 20 broadcasts each season starting in December " Last May, ChevronTexaco announced it would withdraw its support after the 2003-2004 season, ending the longest continuous sponsorship in American radio history , company he started in 1950 7, 1940, performance of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro 5 million previously offered by the Annenberg Foundation, replacing for the 2004-2005 season the $7 million that ChevronTexaco had provided every year His brother, with whom he had reconciled, told him about an audition for the Broadway-bound "The Last Minstrel Show On television, he had his own series in 1997 called "The Gregory Hines Show," as well as a recurring role on "Will and Grace "It came out of his instincts, his impulses and his amazing creativity " "He was the last of a kind of immaculate performer â€â€? a singer, dancer, actor and a personality," said George C In 1954, they were cast in the Broadway musical "The Girl in Pink Tights," starring French ballerina Jeanmaire " With his elegant tap style that evoked Fred Astaire and Sammy Davis Jr " "His dancing came from something very real," said Bernadette Peters, who appeared with Hines as co-hosts of the 2002 Tony Awards show " Hines also earned Tony nominations for "Comin' Uptown" and "Sophisticated Ladies Wolfe, who directed "Jelly "I don't remember not dancing," Hines said in a 2001 interview with The Associated Press "When I realized I was alive and these were my parents, and I could walk and talk, I could dance " Gregory Oliver Hines was born on Feb When he was a toddler, his brother was already taking tap lessons and would come home and teach him steps He won a 1992 Tony Award for the musical "Jelly's Last Jam " He got the part, but the show opened and closed in Philadelphia Davis was one of young Gregory Hines' inspirations, as were the Nicholas Brothers and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? Associated Press Drama Writer Mike Kuchwara contributed to this report He starred with Mikhail Baryshnikov in 1985's Cold War-era dancers' story "White Nights" and with Billy Crystal in 1986's "Running Scared" and he appeared with Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett in 1995's "Waiting to Exhale," among other movies " Hines landed his first film role in the 1981 Mel Brooks comedy "History of the World Part I," in which he played a Roman slave as a last-minute replacement for Richard Pryor In 1973, the family act disbanded and Hines moved to Venice Beach His dazzling feet kicked off a career that stretched from gigs in New York clubs when he was five to Tony Award glory on Broadway and Hollywood stardom They began performing together when Gregory Hines was 5, and they performed at the Apollo Theater in Harlem for two weeks when he was 6 He returned to New York in 1978, partly to be near his daughter, Daria, who was living with Hines' first wife, dance therapist Patricia Panella " Hines was engaged to Negrita Jayde and, in addition to his father and brother, is survived by his daughter Daria, son Zach, grandson Lucian and stepdaughter Jessica Koslow , Hines became internationally known at a young age as part of a jazz tap duo with his brother, Maurice The brothers reunited onstage for "Eubie!" a homage to composer Eubie Blake Hines and his brother performed together in the musical revue "Eubie!" in 1978, in Broadway's "Sophisticated Ladies" and on film in 1984's "The Cotton Club He has said his mother urged him and his older brother toward tap dancing because she wanted them to have a way out of the ghetto His whole heart and soul went into everything he did Actor, Dancer Gregory Hines Dies at 57 Aug 11, 6:09 AM EST As soon as he could walk and talk, Gregory Hines said, he knew he could dance Hines, considered the greatest tap dancer of his generation, died of cancer Saturday in Los Angeles at age 57 14, 1946, in New York City " He was nominated for an Emmy in 2001 for his lead role in the miniseries "Bojangles" and in March appeared in the spring television series "Lost at Home Gregory Hines was lauded for his singing of "Low Down Blues" and his rat-tat-tat tapping during "Hot Feet " "He knew how to command Hines drew on Robinson's style for some of his work in "Jelly's Last Jam " Hines had a falling out with his older brother in the late 1960s because the younger boy was becoming influenced by counterculture and wanted to perform to rock music and write his songs " His role in "The Cotton Club" led to more offers from Hollywood |
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