Cast of NEWSIES National Tour to Host Variety Show Benefitting BC/EFA in St. Louis

Cast members from the North American tour of Disney's NEWSIES will present The Newsboys' Variety Show, a cabaret to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA), on Monday, January 25, 2016 at 7:30pm at John Burroughs School (Haertter Hall, 755 S Price Road/St. Louis, MO 63124). Doors open at 7pm. Show begins at 7:30pm, with a VIP reception immediately following.

Over 20 cast members from the North American touring company of NEWSIES will present some of their favorite standards, contemporary musical theatre selections, dances and more.

Tickets (all 100% tax-deductible donations to BC/EFA) are $30 per orchestra seat, $20 per balcony seat, $100 donation per VIP ticket (includes premium orchestra level ticket to the show as well as a meet-and-greet with the cast and a food & beverage package) and can be purchased by donating online at www.broadwaycares.org/newsies. Please include "STL RSVP" in your donation's notes and your name will be added to the guest list.

A silent auction will present opportunities to bid on backstage passes, tickets to see NEWSIES at The Fabulous Fox Theatre, merchandise, and exclusive show memorabilia. All proceeds go to BC/EFA, which provides funds to over 450 service organizations throughout the United States.

The Newsboys' Variety Show will feature St. Louis' own Alex Prakken, currently playing "Oscar Delancey" in NEWSIES, returning to his alma mater, John Burroughs School. Prakken graduated from Burroughs in 2011 before earning his BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan and being cast in NEWSIES right after graduation.

BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS is the nation's leading industry-based, non-profit AIDS fundraising and grant making organization. BC/EFA is the on-going, committed response from the American theater community to an urgent worldwide health crisis. Since its founding in 1988, BC/EFA has raised over $250 million for critical services for people across the country with AIDS, HIV, and other serious illnesses. In the St Louis area, Broadway Cares has given to: Peter & Paul Community Services, Food Outreach Inc, Doorways and Saint Louis Effort for AIDS.

Tickets to the St Louis engagement of NEWSIES, playing January 19 - 31, 2016 at The Fabulous Fox Theatre, can be purchased at the box office, by calling MetroTix at 314.534.1111, or via the Internet at www.MetroTix.com. Orders for groups of fifteen (15) or more may be placed by calling 314.535.2900.