Exclusive Photo Coverage: MOTOWN Cast Decks the Halls for Carols for a Cure

by Genevieve Rafter Keddy Dec. 14, 2013

Stars and casts from the current Broadway line-up have been busy in the studio, recording for the 2013 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 15. Singing traditional and original holiday songs, this annual holiday music CD benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA), one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you exclusive photos from Motown's recording session for "Deck the Halls/It's Christmastime/Come On Home" with castmembers Charl Brown, Jamie LaVerdiere, John Jellison, Donald Webber, Jr., Rebecca Covington, Sasha Hutchings, Sydney Morton and Jesse Nager. Lynn Pinto produces, with Andros Rodriguez serving as the engineer.

Purchase of this annual CD of original and traditional holiday music supports Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 15 can be ordered for only $23 through BC/EFA at broadwaycares.org or by calling (212) 840-0770 x238 Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. EST. Volumes from previous seasons are available, too (check online or call for price).

As always, the CDs will be sold at participating Broadway and off-Broadway shows in New York during a six-week "Gypsy-of-the-Year" fundraising period, which runs through mid-December. Additionally, the CDs are available at select venues throughout the U.S., including The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, The John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, NY and The Arvada Center for the Performing Arts in Arvada, CO.

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Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Jamie LaVerdiere, John Jellison, Donald Webber, Jr., Rebecca Covington, Sasha Hutchings, Sydney Morton and Jesse Nager

Donald Webber, Jr., Rebecca Covington, Sasha Hutchings, Sydney Morton and Jesse Nager

Jamie LaVerdiere John Jellison. Ephraim M. Sykes and Donald Webber, Jr.

Jason Michael Webb (Musial Director) with Jamie LaVerdiere, John Jellison, Ephraim M. Sykes, Donald Webber, Jr, Rebecca Covington, Sasha Hutchings, Sydney Morton and Jesse Nager

Jamie LaVerdiere

Jamie LaVerdiere and John Jellison

Sydney Morton and Jesse Nager

Donald Webber, Jr., and Rebecca Covington

Donald Webber, Jr., Rebecca Covington, Sasha Hutchings and Sydney Morton

Donald Webber, Jr.

Donald Webber, Jr. and Jesse Nager

Donald Webber, Jr., Ephraim M. Sykes and Jesse Nager

Charl Brown

Lynn Pinto (Producer), Charl Brown, Jason Michael Webb (Musical Director) and Andros Rodriguez (Engineer)

The Motown Musicians-Whitney La Grange, Hiroko Taguchi, Jonathan Dinklage, Entels Barci, Artie Dibble, Sean Carver, Lori Abbott, Erin Benim, Phillip Payton, Amy Ralske, Caryl Paisner and Laura Boretrager