Sardi's Night benefiting the Alzheimer's Association

Sardi's

A Night at Sardi's is an annual musical revue and gala
held in Beverly Hills, Calif. to benefit the care, support and research efforts of the Alzheimer’s Association. Laurie Burrows Grad founded this event 18 years ago in honor
of her father, the late playwright Abe Burrows. To date,
A Night at Sardi's has raised close to $18 million in the fight against Alzheimer's.

Celebrities participating in the 2009 event included Kristen Bell, Sean Hayes, Melina Kanakaredes, Katey Sagal,
Victor Garber, Peter Gallagher, Swoosie Kurtz, Molly Sims, Ken Howard, Sharon Lawrence, Vicki Lewis and
Chelsea Handler.

This year’s gala honored NBC's "Friday Night Lights" and FOX Sports for their work in raising awareness of Alzheimer’s disease. Caregiver of the Year honors went to Serge Morales, whose wife was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s two years ago at the age of 55. Among the evening’s surprises:

The cast of ‘Friday Night Lights” (Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Aimee Teegarden, Scott Porter, Adrianne Palicki, Jesse Plemons and Louanne Stephens) presenting the Abe Burrows Entertainment Award to the show’s executive producer, Jason Katims.

Actor J. K. Simmons leading cast members from CBS’s “Big Bang Theory” (Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, and Kunal Nayyar), in a rousing rendition of the show’s finale, “You’ve Gotta Have Heart.”

Appearances by other entertainment luminaries, including Bradley Cooper, Dennis Quaid, Billy Crystal, Soleil Moon Frye, Rachel York, Ron Rifkin, Gina Philips, J. K. Simmons, Shelley Fabares and Mike Farrell.

This year’s A Night at Sardi’s raised close to $1 million in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease.

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