Photo Coverage: Broadway Stands for Freedom! Concert
By: Ben Strothmann Jul. 28, 2006
A number of patriotic theatre stars took part in "Broadway Stands for Freedom!," a benefit concert that was presented at the Peter Norton Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th Street) on July 24th.
The event featured Erich Bergen, Todd Buonopane (Spelling Bee), Michael Cerveris (Sweeney Todd), Richard Easton (The Rivals, Henry IV), Barrett Foa (Spelling Bee, Avenue Q), Leah Hocking (Hairspray), Cheyenne Jackson (All Shook Up), Celia Keenan-Bolger (Spelling Bee), Cady Huffman (The Producers), Shoshana Bean (Wicked), film star Matthew Modine, Thos Shipley (Miss Saigon), Sara Kramer (Mamma Mia!), Amanda Green (co-writer of upcoming High Fidelity), Lianna Stampur and more.Pulitzer Prize-winning playwight Tony Kushner (Caroline, or Change, Angels in America) hosted the event, which also featured musical direction by Seth Rudetsky (Seth's Broadway Chatterbox, Actors' Fund concerts) and direction by Daniel Goldstein. Funds went to benefit the youth programs of the New York Civil Liberties Union.Visit www.nyclu.org for more on the New York Civil Liberties Union.
Erich Bergen, Lianna Stampur, Donna Lieberman, and Tony Kushner
Kevin Chamberlin, Thos Shipley, Michael Cerveris and Cheyenne Jackson
Shoshana Bean and Cheyenne Jackson
Michael Cerveris, Donna Lieberman and Tony Kushner
Barrett Foa, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Todd Buonopane
The cast of "Broadway Stands Up for Freedom"
Cady Huffman, Tony Kushner and Matthew Modine
Donna Lieberman with contest winners Aliza Keen, Jaclyn Silverman, and Leonora Martelly
Shoshana Bean
Shoshana Bean
Lianna Stampur and Donna Lieberman
Barrett Foa and Todd Buonopane
Todd Buonopane and Barrett Foa
Todd Buonopane and Barrett Foa
Lianna Stampur
Thos Shipley
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