Celebrities, activists, and over 15 members
of the Broadway community will come together in Manhattan
for a special one-night-only benefit concert, which includes
a
pre-show reception starting at 6:00pm on Monday, June 25,
2012. The pre-show reception will feature DJ Jimmy Prada
www.jimmyprada.com .
For a preview of the show, please watch the Danny
Jordon-directed video:
http://tinyurl.com/7kmum63 .
Broadway Sings for Pride’s Second Annual Gay Pride Concert
will feature rousing songs from Broadway and pop, as well as
feature stories of LGBT pride as told by celebrities,
activists and the TADA! Youth Theater. The event will be
held at the Mainstage Theatre on 42nd Street in New York
City on Monday, June 25, 2012 at 7pm. The concert will
benefit the Hetrick-Martin Institute, The Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York City and
Broadway Sings for Pride.
For more tickets and information, visit: http://tinyurl.com/7rkfzym.
Ticketing services provided by Ticket Central, 212 279-4200,
Noon to 8pm Daily. More information can also be found at
www.BwayPride.org
or on Facebook: Broadway SingsFor Pride.
Guest speakers scheduled to appear include
activist and Dancing with the Stars competitor Chaz Bono,
The Chew's Carla Hall, Miss New York 2011 Kaitlin Monte,
Project Runway's Chris March, Celebrity Photographer and
A-List cast member Mike Ruiz, The Closer's Phillip P. Keene,
VH1's I Want to Work for Diddy Laverne Cox, All My
Children’s Christina Bennett Lind, Mr. Gay World USA
Tennessee Vincent Leggett, the Imperial Court of New York’s
Emperor Ritz Kraka, Empress Witti Repartee & President Gary
Cosgrove, The Advocate’s "Forty People Under 40 to Look Out
For” AJ Mattioli and OUT 100 honoree & activist James Neiley.
The concert will also feature the talents of American Idol
Finalist & Rent Off Broadway star Anthony Fedorov, Bones
star Eric Millegan, Dani Atkinson (America's Got Talent),
Guto Bittencourt (Original Brazilian cast of Les Miserables),
Chris Brick (Seussical National Tour), Russell Fischer
(Jersey Boys), Theresa Fowler (Oliver! 1st National Tour),
Diego Funes (De Funes Dance), Elissa Goldstein (An
Affirmative Act), Andre' Jordan (Shrek The Musical National
Tour), Kyle Kleiboeker (Hairspray National Tour), Mary Lahti
(Three Sisters), Rebecca Larkin (South Pacific, Avenue Q),
Matt Leisy (Off Broadway’s The Fantasticks), Aaron J. Libby
(APAC's The Human Comedy), Anthony Lee Medina (Spring
Awakening National Tour, The Capeman at The Public), Rebecca
McBee (Junie B. Jones National Tour), Michael Munoz (Naked
Boys Singing), Christine Nolan (Hair), Garry Novikoff (A
Normal Life), Athena Reich (Recording Artist), T. Oliver
Reid (Sister Act), Max Rhyser (Chaser), Matthew Riordan
(Signature Theatre’s Trouble), Angelo Rios (Jesus Christ
Superstar National Tour), Brian Charles Rooney (The
Threepenny Opera), Fred Ross (Jesus Christ Superstar
National Tour), Adam Shapiro (Zorro The Musical
International Tour), Marisha Wallace (The Book of Morman
National Tour, Sistas The Musical), What's The Benefit? inc.
(Molly C. Blau, Paul Daniel Cloeter, Nicco Franklin) and
TADA!'s Resident Youth Ensemble.
Neal B of www.NealB.tv
will co-produce the event with Jim Lahti, in association
with Artists Proof Productions. Jim Lahti also will serve as
the musical director/arranger and pianist. He will be joined
by John Benthalon on acoustic and electric guitar, David
Silliman on percussion and Ritt Henn on bass guitar. The
technical director is Dwight Schneider.
Broadway Sings For Pride is a non-for-profit
organization, which brings together Broadway talent &
celebrities to promote LGBT equality through song. Launched
in June 2011, we have received support from Carol Channing,
Bebe Newirth, Joy Behar, LeAnn Rimes, Megan Hilty, Lance
Bass, Johnny Weir, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Dee Snider, The
Real Housewives of NY & many others! Broadway Sings for
Pride is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a
nonprofit arts service organization.
Please visit us on the web at:
www.BwayPride.org
or on Facebook:
Broadway SingsFor Pride.
Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI) is the nation’s oldest and
largest LGBTQ youth service organization, providing academic
enrichment & job readiness programming, health & wellness
services, arts & culture programming, hot meals and clean
clothes. HMI provides a safe space where LGBTQ youth can
express themselves, interact with a community of their peers
and access resources to help them achieve their full
potential. HMI serves more than 2,500 young people annually
from more than 350 zip codes.
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
has grown to become the largest LGBT multi-service
organization on the East Coast and second largest LGBT
community center in the world. Every week, 6,000 people
visit the Center, and more than 300 groups meet here. They
provide groundbreaking social service, public policy,
educational and cultural/recreational programs. They also
serve as an incubator for grassroots groups that meet here
such as the AIDS activist group ACT UP and the Gay & Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the principal
organization combating homophobia and stereotyping of gays
in the media.
The Mainstage Theater is located in Manhattan at 416 West
42nd Street, between 9th and 10th Avenue. For more tickets
and information, visit: http://tinyurl.com/7rkfzym.
Ticketing services provided by Ticket Central, 212 279-4200,
Noon to 8pm Daily. More information can also be found at
www.BwayPride.org
or on Facebook:
Broadway SingsFor Pride.
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