CHRISTMAS EVE WITH CHRISTMAS EVE BC/EFA Benefit Returns 11/29
By: Samantha Toy
After a sold-out debut performance last year, Ann Harada will once again resurrect her character "Christmas Eve" from the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q for a one-night-only holiday cabaret entitled CHRISTMAS EVE WITH CHRISTMAS EVE. The variety evening that Seth Rudetsky of Playbill.com called "FANTASTIC!" will take place on Monday, November 29th, 7:00 PM at The Midtown Theater (163 West 46th Street) with all proceeds benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Christmas Eve, the beloved, opinionated, heavily-accented therapist from Avenue Q, makes her holiday fantasies come true in this evening of song and comedy that both skewers and pays tribute to the great romantic duets and iconic moments of Broadway. No lyricist will be spared as she re-interprets the modern songbook with the help of some of Broadway's most talented, hilarious and gorgeous leading men. Conceived and written by Gary Adler, Ann Harada and Alan Muraoka, the evening will be directed by Muraoka with choreography by Michael Mindlin and musical direction of 0.Adler. Ann Harada originated the role of Christmas Eve in both the Broadway and London productions of the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q. Her other Broadway credits include 9 to 5, Les Miserables, Seussical and M. Butterfly. Last season she was featured in the Off Broadway cast of The Kid. Recent TV work includes Lipstick Jungle (as Victory Ford's mother), Cashmere Mafia, Johnny and the Sprites, and The Electric Company.Alan Muraoka's New York Theatre credits include Falsettoland for the National Asian American Theatre Company (Vineyard Theatre), Empty Handed, a concert starring the puppeteers of Broadway's Avenue Q, and most recently Telly Leung - Who Loves Ya' Baby? at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. He is collaborating with songwriters Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich on a musical revue, Screaming Like a Fool, which will have it's premiere in January 2011 in NYC.Tickets are
$75 VIP Table Seating
$50 for Reserved Table Seating
$25 for General Admission Table Seating
Photo Credit: Monica Simoes
