Lay Down Your Arms for Orlando to Hold Open Broadway Community Photo Shoot

by BWW News Desk Jul. 28, 2016

During NYC Pride week, performers from Fun Home, The King and I, Macbeth, Matilda, South Pacific, Les Miserables, A Christmas Story and Kinky Boots came together in a photo shoot to raise funds and awareness for the mass shootings in Orlando and around the country.

On August 8th, they will be holding another open photo shoot in NYC, and all Broadway performers, friends and family are welcome.

The shoot will run 6:30-9:30 PM at 36 Street Studios, 260 West 36th Street, New York, NY 10001.

Donations will be accepted but are not required. All donations will go to One Orlando.

For more information, visit Laydownyourarms.org.

Pictured: Kally Duling (Fun Home), Sam Poon (The King and I, Macbeth), Rileigh McDonald (Matilda the Musical), Laurissa Romain (South Pacific), Eleanor Koski (Les Miserables), Abbey Rose Gould (Les Miserables), Lilyana Cornell (Les Miserables, How the Grinch Stole Christmas), Marquise Neal (Kinky Boots) and Ellie Poon (A Christmas Story).

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