When "One Night Only" comes to New Jersey on September 22 to resurrect the last days of disco, Studio 54 founders Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager will not be in the crowd – but the extravagant legacy they created will be.
New Jersey-based non-profit theatre company, 3S Theatre Collective (3STC), will host an ensemble cast of Broadway stars to perform disco-inspired Broadway show tunes to raise money for AIDS. Marc Eardley, Producing Artistic Director of 3STC, is expecting to fill the 1,400-seat Loews Jersey Theatre (54 Journal Square, Jersey City, N. J.) in an effort to raise awareness in the first-ever Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit held in the Garden State."Not very often do many Broadway stars get the chance to share the stage, and their talents, to help bring awareness to a worthwhile cause," says Eardley. "I'm thrilled to be given the opportunity to work together with such fine talent in bringing Broadway to New Jersey."Lea DeLaria, the lesbian comedian known for making throngs of people laugh, will be hosting the event, which will feature guest performances of Broadway songs orchestrated to reflect a fusion of 70s pop and showtunes. Additional guest stars and performers for the evening include Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Beauty and the Beast), Stanley Bahorek (Spelling Bee), Kirsten Bracken (Hairspray), Heather Parcells (A Chorus Line), Louise Stewart (Hedwig and The Angry Inch), Patina Renea Miller (Hair) and Rodney Hicks (Rent) who will all be accompanied by 12 backup dancers during their numbers.Photo Credit Genevieve Rafter Keddy
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