Radcliffe, Carney Among Stars Featured on 2011 'Carols for a Cure' Holiday Album

By: Sep. 23, 2011
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Several special musical recordings will highlight the 2011 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Vol. 13. Daniel Radcliffe joins the cast of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in singing for the 2011 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, the annual holiday CD benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). He sings "A Christmas Carol," by humorist and composer Tom Lehrer.

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Highlights include tracks recorded by stars:

• Spiderman's Reeve Carney (Spiderman) and T.V. Carpio (Arachne)

Montego Glover, from Memphis, nominated for a 2010 Tony, and winner of the 2010 Drama Desk

Hugh Panaro, The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera

Roger Rees, Gomez in The Addams Family.

Additionally, the cast of Catch Me If You Can sings "Christmas is My Favorite Time of Year," a new holiday song originally written for inclusion in the show, with lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, and music by Marc Shaiman. The cast of Anything Goes has written an original tune about "Christmas on the S.S. American." And the cast of Wicked performs a Paul Williams' song, "When the River Meets the Sea."

Track list
The Addams Family- The 13 Days of Christmas
Anything Goes - Christmas on the S.S. American
Avenue Q - Deck the Halls
Baby It's You - Auld Lang Syne
Billy Elliot - Waiting for the Snow to Fall
Chicago - What Child Is This?
Camelot (John W. Engeman Theater) - O Come All Ye Faithful
Catch Me if You Can - Christmas is My Favorite Time of Year
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - A Christmas Carol
Lion King - Silent Night
Rock of Ages - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Mamma Mia - Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Mary Poppins - Little Jesus Sweetly Sleep (The Rocking Carol)
Memphis - Give Away Love
The Phantom of the Opera - I Wonder as I Wander
Priscilla Queen of the Desert - Light It Up!
Rent - Go Tell It on the Mountain
Sister Act - Angels We Have Heard on High
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark - St. Nicholas Sky
War Horse - The First Noel
Wicked - When the River Meets the Sea

The album features a special appearance by Daniel Rodriguez - O Holy Night (Daniel Rodriguez was a first responder on 9/11 as an NYPD officer and his participation is in honor of the 10th anniversary).

Produced by Lynn Pinto for Rock-It Science Records and engineered by Andros Rodriguez, the Broadway's Carols for a Cure series has raised over $5 million dollars for BC/EFA since its inception in 1999, providing support and care for those suffering with AIDS, as well as lending support to women's health issues. Over the years, Broadway's Carols for a Cure CDs have featured special performances by stars Bernadette Peters, Nick Jonas, Antonio Banderas, Idina Menzel, Hugh Jackman, Harvey Fierstein, David Hyde Pierce, Raul Esparza, John Tartaglia, Darlene Love, Hugh Panaro, Michael McKean, Annette O'Toole, Andrea McArdle, Donna Lynne Champlin, and Phyllis Newman, among others.

Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 13 can be ordered for only $20 through BC/EFA at broadwaycares.org or by calling (212) 840-0770 x250 Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST. Additionally, the CDs will be sold during a six-week "Gypsy-of-the-Year" fundraising period from mid-October through mid-December at participating Broadway and off-Broadway shows in New York. The CDs also will be available at select venues throughout the U.S., including The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC; The LA Phil Store in Disney Hall, and The John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, New York.

Rock-it Science Records (www.rock-itscience.com) is an independent record label based in New York City co-founded by Broadway performer and producer Lynn Pinto. RSR produces recordings for members of the Broadway community and Broadway's leading charity, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (www.broadwaycares.org). RSR's popular series Broadway's Carols for a Cure is currently in its thirteenth year. This highly anticipated annual holiday release features casts from the current Broadway line-up of shows performing new and traditional holiday music. Broadway's Carols for a Cure offers a "snapshot" of each season, as the casts and orchestras from each show on Broadway perform their own holiday track. Since 1999, Broadway's Carols for a Cure has featured the creative talents of thousands of Broadway's brightest stars and has raised over $5 million for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (broadwaycares.org) is one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 BC/EFA has raised more than $195 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States. BC/EFA is the major supporter of seven programs at The Actors Fund, including the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative, the Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic and more. BC/EFA also awards annual grants to more than 400 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide.

 



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