THE BEST MAN to Host Project Cuddle Fundraiser, 9/7

Project Cuddle® has just announced that the nonprofit organization heads to Broadway for its fifth annual fundraiser "A Night on Broadway!" Join Project Cuddle and John Stamos for a performance of the 2012 Tony Award nominated play Gore Vidal's The Best Man on Friday, September 7 at 8PM at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street, NYC). Immediately following the play will be an intimate post-show Q&A session.

John Stamos is the national spokesman of Project Cuddle.

Tickets are limited and must be purchased before August 14th, 2012.

100% of the proceeds go to benefit Project Cuddle® in its fight to stop baby abandonment.

Gore Vidal's The Best Man stars James Earl Jones, John Larroquette, Cybill Shepherd, John Stamos, Kristin Davis, Jefferson Mays, Mark Blum and Elizabeth Ashley.

Gore Vidal's The Best Man received 2012 Tony Award nominations for Best Revival of a Play as well as a Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play nomination for James Earl Jones.

The critically-acclaimed production of Gore Vidal's The Best Man, which was originally scheduled to play through July 8, 2012, has been extended twice, now playing through Sunday, September 9, 2012 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street).

The production is directed by Drama Desk Award winner Michael Wilson (The Orphans Home Cycle Part I, II and III, Dividing The Estate).

The hosts of the fundraising event are Lauren & Brad Egna.

Mezzanine seating: $150 per ticket.

Orchestra seating: $245 per ticket.

Seats are limited and only available until August 14th, 2012.

To purchase tickets, please call: (714)432-9681.

Tickets will be held at the box office for pick-up on the night of the performance.

For more information and to purchase tickets, please call (714)432-9681 or email info@projectcuddle.org.

If you would like to donate without purchasing tickets, please click on DONATE (and follow the instructions at the bottom of the page) to help us fight baby abandonment. Any donation amount is appreciated.

Gore Vidal's The Best Man also features Curtis Billings, Corey Brill, Tony Carlin, Donna Hanover, Sherman Howard, Olja Hrustic, Bill Kux, James Lecesne, Dakin Matthews, Angelica Page, Fred Parker, Jr. and Amy Tribbey.

The design team includes Tony and Drama Desk Award winning scenic designer Derek McLane (33 Variations, Anything Goes), Tony and Drama Desk Award winning lighting designer Kenneth Posner (The Coast of Utopia, Part 2 – Shipwreck), five-time Tony Award nominated costume designer Ann Roth (The Book of Mormon), Drama Desk Award winning sound designer John Gromada (Seminar, The Orphans' Home Cycle) and projection designer Peter Nigrini (Fela!, 9 to 5: The Musical).

Gore Vidal's The Best Man is produced by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, INFINITY Stages, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Barbara Manocherian/Micahel Palitz, The Broadway Consortium/Ken Mahoney, Kathleen K. Johnson, Fifty Church Street Productions, Larry Hirschorn/Bennu Productions, Patty Baker, Paul Boskind and Martian Entertainment, Wendy Federman, Mark S. Golub & David S. Golub, Cricket Hooper Jiranek, Stweart F. Lane & Bonnie Comley, Carl Moellenberg, Harold Thau, Will Trice.

For more information on the Broadway play, visit www.thebestmanonbroadway.com

 

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