A special "Broadway Fantasy Overture" will open the one-night only,
all-star concert featuring numerous Tony Award winners and others in
"SHOWSTOPPERS!" A Salute to The Best Of Broadway at Avery Fisher Hall,
Lincoln Center (Broadway & 65th Street) this coming Monday, October
25th, 2004 at 8:00 p.m. Peter Bogyo is producing the musical
presentation as a benefit for Gay Men's Health Crisis, a
not-for-profit, volunteer-supported and community based organization
committed to national leadership in the fight against AIDS. The benefit
evening is directed by Wayne Cilento, with musical direction by Robert
Billig. It is being written by William Baldwin Young, with David Gallo
as set consultant; Martin Pakledinaz as costume consultant; lighting by
Mike Baldassari and sound by Carl Casella. (all participants subject to
change).
Songs from "La Cage Aux Folles," "
Les Miserables," "
Chicago," "Man
of La Mancha," Little Shop of Horrors", "West Side Story," "Company,"
"March of the Falsettos," "
A Chorus Line," "City of Angels," "Annie,"
"The Fantasticks" and others as well as a surprise or two and
production numbers from "Aida" and "The Full Monty." The all star cast
includes
Stephen Bogardus,
Liz Callaway,
Deborah Cox,
Melissa Errico,
Randy Graff,
Debbie Gravitte,
Ellen Greene,
George Hearn, Carol
Lawrence,
Priscilla Lopez,
Andrea McArdle,
Brian Stokes Mitchell,
Robert Morse, Pamela Myers,
Jerry Orbach,
Christine Pedi, Alice
Playten,
Chita Rivera,
Colm Wilkinson performing in this
once-in-a-lifetime musical event.
Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) continues to serve thousands of men,
women and children living with and affected by HIV. GMHC has been close
to Broadway performers and the theatre community for numerous years.
Part of this relationship is represented by the
Jerry Herman Theater
Desk, which provides GMHC clients with free theatre tickets each week.
The exceptional All-Star event will be an unforgettable evening of
song and dance saluting the best of the Great White Way with great
artists performing favorite show stopping numbers that will benefit an
organization that is dedicated to fighting a disease that has cut short
– and continues to impact – the lives of so many.
"SHOW STOPPERS!" A Salute to The Best Of Broadway tickets for the show
only are still available at the Avery Fisher Hall box office $55, $75,
$100, $150, $200 and through Center Charge at 212-721-6500 or Lincoln
Center's website at www.lincolncenter.org
Also benefit tickets are available at $250, $500, $1,000. The $500 and
$1,000 tickets also include the VIP post-concert reception to be held
at Tavern On The Green. The Benefit tickets are available through GMHC
at 212-367-1472 or on their website at
www.gmhc.org Sponsors now
include: Director's Circle – The Michael Palm Foundation; Conductor's
Circle – Hal Luftig & Dr. Stewart Adelson; May and Samuel Rudin
Family Foundation, Inc.
