Michele & Evan Join 'Broadway Loves the 80s' Nov.12

Jamie McGonnigal and Joe's Pub present Broadway Loves the 80's Vol. 2: a concert featuring your favorite Broadway stars singing their favorite hits of the awesomest decade ever!

Directed by McGonnigal with Music Direction by Ben Cohn, Broadway Loves the 80's Vol. 2 will take place on Monday, November 12 at 11:30PM at Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street).

Spring Awakening's Lea Michele and Tarzan's Rob Evan will join previously-announced, scheduled to appear performers Jamie-Lynn Sigler (The Sopranos, Beauty & The Beast), Legally Blonde's Kate Shindle, Xanadu's Curtis Holbrook, Ann Harada (Les Miserables),  Ashley Parker Angel (O-Town, Hairspray), Aaron Albano (…Spelling Bee), Stanley Bahorek (…Spelling Bee), Brad Bass (Wicked), Lance Bass (NSYNC, Hairspray), Kathy Deitch (Wicked), Jared Gertner (…Spelling Bee), Van Hughes (Hairspray), Chris Jackson (In The Heights), Kasey Marino (Hairspray), Julia Murney (Wicked), The Broadway Boys -Danny Calvert (Altar Boys), Steve Morgan (Mamma Mia), Maurice Murphy (…Spelling Bee), Jesse Nager (Mary Poppins),Josh Strickland (Tarzan) and Daniel Torres (The Pirate Queen), Marty Thomas (Xanadu), Tony Vincent (We Will Rock You) and Amy Wren. With backup singers Will Shuler, Trisha Rapier and Sarah Pramstoller and the band including Sean McDaniel (Spamalot) on drums, Mike Aarons (Grease) on guitar, Michael Blanco (Grease) on bass and music director Ben Cohn (Wicked) on synthesizer, Broadway Loves the 80s Volume 2 is sure to rock out!  

The one and only Mo Rocca (VH1's I Love the 80s, …Speling Bee) returns to host the event.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Joey DiPaolo AIDS Foundation and Camp TLC, a summer camp for inner-city teens living with HIV/AIDS. Producer/Director Jamie McGonnigal serves as a camp director for CampTLC and hopes to insure many more years of this inspirational and life-sustaining experience. Please watch the brief video at www.jdaf.org  to see what this experience is all about.  With World AIDS Day fast approaching, it's eye-opening to meet some people for whom World AIDS Day is every day.

All seats for Broadway Loves the 80's Vol. 2 are $25. Tickets available at The Public Theater box office or through Telecharge: www.telecharge.com  or 212.239.6200.

Photo of Lea Michele (2007) by Walter McBride / Retna Ltd.

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