Ahrens & Flaherty Benefit, with Rees, Miller, Held 4/30

Several Broadway stars are coming together Monday, April 30, at 8pm for We Tell The Story: The Songs of Ahrens and Flaherty, a one-night-only benefit concert in which all of the proceeds raised will go directly to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Press notes state, "Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty are the powerhouse Tony Award winning team behind such musicals as Once On This Island, Ragtime, Seussical and the animated feature Anastasia, for which they received an Academy Award nomination.  The benefit concert will include many of their most popular songs, as well as new gems from upcoming projects.  Together with Friends In Theater Company and Striking Viking Story Pirates, under the Direction of Phil Accorso, We Tell The Story: The Songs of Ahrens and Flaherty, is sure to be one amazing night of theatre."

The cast includes Roger Rees (Tony Award-winner for Nicholas Nickelby, ABC's "Grey's Anatomy"), Kenita R. Miller (Color Purple), Q. Smith (Les Miserables), Joe Aaron Reid (Curtains), Kara Boyer, Kimberly Burns, Peter Carrier, Creighton Fraker, Katie Kozlowski, Jamal McDonald, Lucy Sorensen and Bruce Warren. The show's creative team includes Amanda Morton (Musical Director), Larry Lees (New Orchestrations, Conducter), Amanda Spriggs (Choreographer).

We Tell a Story take place Monday, April 30th, at 8PM, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher Street in the West Village (North side of Christopher Street, between Hudson & Bleecker Streets.) Tickets are from $35 through $100 and are available by calling 212.279.4200 or on the web at www.ticketcentral.com.  Visit www.makeawish.org for more information.

Photo of Roger Rees by Linda Lenzi