Photo Coverage: ASTEP Benefit
By: Linda Lenzi Apr. 04, 2007
On April 2nd, a benefit event featuring Raul Esparza, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Tituss Burgess, Manoel Felciano, and Laura Benanti, was held at an elegant downtown apartment.
Presented by and benefiting ASTEP (Artists Striving to End Poverty), the intimate evening featured the stars singing at the piano. Esparza currently stars on Broadway in Company. D'Abruzzo, a Tony-nominee for Avenue Q, has also been seen Off-Broadway in I Love You Because. Walsh is Esparza's Company co-star. Burgess, who will appear as Sebastian in The Little Mermaid, has previously been seen on Broadway in Jersey Boys and Good Vibrations. Felciano has appeared on Broadway in Sweeney Todd, Brooklyn, Jesus Christ Superstar and Cabaret. Benanti is a Tony-nominee for Into the Woods and Swing!, and was last seen on Broadway in The Wedding Singer. There was also a silent auction, wine and hors d'oeuvres. Visit www.createsomethinggood.org for more on ASTEP
Raul Esparza
Mary-Mitchell Campbell (ASTEP Chair and Founder) and Michael Rader (ASTEP Executive Director)
Raul Esparza and Mary-Mitchell Campbell
Stephanie D'Abruzzo and Haviland Stillwell
Laura Benanti and Steven Pasquale
Mary-Mitchell Campbell and Camille Zamora
Tituss Burgess and Mary-Mitchell Campbell
Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Fred Rose and Robert Carreon
Erin Elizabeth Smith, Camille Zamora, Landon and Juliana Sheffield
Raul Esparza and Linda Kowalski
Manoel Felciano and Tituss Burgess
Carmen Introrre (Drums), Nial Djuliarso (Piano) and Clovis Nicholas (Bass) provided pre-performance music
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