ASTEP to Present May 21 The Broadway Boys Concert

On Monday, May 21, 2007, ASTEP (Artists Striving To End Poverty) will present the next ArtCents Benefit Concert, a monthly concert series featuring the works of emerging songwriters, at The Triad on New York's Upper West Side (158 W. 72nd St.).

The May ArtCents Benefit Concert features the music of "The Broadway Boys."

"'The Broadway Boys' is a collection of some of the hottest male voices currently working on the New York stage.  Through their dynamic vocal prowess and redefining arrangements, 'The Broadway Boys' add elements of pop, funk, gospel, jazz and folk to show tunes and classic pop songs," state press materials.  "The two-fold mission of 'The Broadway Boys' is to introduce audiences outside of the theater community to genres of music with which they may not be familiar, by fusing Broadway music and Pop styles; and to present the Broadway community and its audiences – who are often sick of singers rehashing the same old show tunes – with new arrangements of songs they know all-too-well."

"The Broadway Boys" is comprised of Danny Calvert (Altar Boyz), Steve Morgan (Mamma Mia!), Maurice Murphy (…Spelling Bee), Jesse Nager (Mary Poppins), Peter Matthew Smith (Hairspray) and Daniel Torres (The Pirate Queen).

The concert begins at 7 p.m. and admission is "your spare change…by the jar, by the bag, as much as you can scrape together."

There is also a two-drink minimum. Reservations can be made by calling 212-706-1516 or by sending an email to tickets@createsomethinggood.org. 

All proceeds from the concert benefit ASTEP. The ArtCents Concert Series is sponsored in-part by Commerce Bank. Visit www.createsomethinggood.org to learn more.