Broadway Supports The Trevor Project's 'It Gets Better' Campaign at Laurie Beechman, 11/1

In light of the recent string of suicides among young gay men in our country, The Laurie Beechman Theatre is humbled to present It Gets Better: Broadway Supports The Trevor Project. The November 1, 6pm concert will host some of Broadway's leading voices, lending their support to this vital organization that provides suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.

Tickets for this one night only performance are available via Smarttix, www.smarttix.com, or 212 868 4444. There is a $35 cover charge, as well as a $15 food/beverage minimum. A full dinner and bar menu is available. The Laurie Beechman Theatre is located within The West Bank Cafe, 407 West 42nd St. (@ 9th Ave), in the heart of New York's theatre district.

About The Trevor Project - The Trevor Project is the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. Every day, The Trevor Project saves young lives through its free and confidential helpline, in-school workshops, educational materials, online resources and public policy advocacy. The organization was founded in 1998 by three filmmakers whose film, Trevor, a comedy/drama about a gay teenager who attempts suicide, received the 1994 Academy Award® for Best Short Film (Live Action). For more information, visit TheTrevorProject.org.

Showing their support for The Trevor Project is a staggering array of some of Broadway's best, including: Farah Alvin (Nine, Grease), Brent Barrett (Grand Hotel, Chicago, Candide, Annie Get Your Gun), Kevin Chamberlin (The Addams Family, The Ritz, Seussical, Dirty Blonde), Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Avenue Q), Michelle Dowdy (Hairspray), Daisy Eagan (James Joyce's The Dead, Tony Award Winner, The Secret Garden), Annie Golden (Xanadu, The Full Monty, On The Town, Leader of the Pack), Eric Michael Gillett (Sweet Smell of Success, Kiss Me, Kate), Randy Jones (Multi-Platinum recording artist & American Music Award winner, original Village People Cowboy), Karen Mason (Hairspray, Mamma Mia, Sunset Boulevard, Jerome Robbins' Broadway), Liz McCartney (South Pacific, Taboo), Judy McLane (Mamma Mia, Chess), Sarah Rice (Sweeney Todd), Roz Ryan (Chicago, The Pajama Game, One Mo' Time, Dreamgirls, Ain't Misbehavin'), Stephen Schwartz (Academy Award-winner, composer of Wicked, Godspell & Pippin), Mary Stout (Jane Eyre, Beauty and the Beast, My Favorite Year, Me and My Girl), John Tartaglia (Shrek the Musical, Avenue Q, Beauty & the Beast), Stephen Wallem (television's Nurse Jackie), Barbara Walsh (Company, Hairspray, Falsettos), and Sally Wilfert (Assassins, Make Me a Song).

Mark Hartman (Avenue Q, Sondheim on Sondheim) will serve as Musical Director, with Joe Choroszewski on drums and Steve Millhouse on bass. Phil Geoffrey Bond directs and produces.