Broadway's top musical artists will appear on tonight's telecast of "Maya & Marty" on NBC to perform "What the World Needs Now Is Love," an updated version of the classic Burt Bacharach/Hal David song that is helping to support the devastated LGBT community of Orlando, Fla. Check out a preview of their performance below!
The appearance marks the first time the song will be performed outside the recording studio by this all-star Broadway lineup.
Soon after the Orlando shooting, approximately 60 of Broadway's top stars - as well as those currently in Los Angeles and Miami - contributed their talents to record what is being titled the "Broadway for Orlando" initiative. The song and accompanying video is currently sold onBroadwayRecords.com and will be available on iTunes with all proceeds going to the LGBT Center of Central Florida.
Among those currently scheduled to appear on the "Maya & Marty" telecast are Roger Bart(Tony winner, "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"), Andrea Burns ("On Your Feet"), Tituss Burgess("Guys and Dolls"), Charles Busch (Tony nominee, "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife"),Ann Hampton Callaway(Tony nominee, "Swing!"), Paul Castree ("Disaster!"), Michael Cerveris(two-time Tony winner, "Fun Home," Assassins"), Kevin Chamberlin (three-time Tony nominee, "The Addams Family," "Seussical," "Dirty Blonde"), Lilla Crawford ("Annie"), Cynthia Erivo, (Tony winner, "The Color Purple"), Victor Garber (four-time Tony nominee, "Damn Yankees," "Lend Me a Tenor," "Little Me," "Deathtrap"), Ana Gasteyer ("Wicked"), Renee Elise Goldsberry(Tony winner, "Hamilton"), Frankie James Grande ("Born Yesterday"), Whoopi Goldberg (Tony winner, "Thoroughly Modern Millie"), Joel Grey (Tony winner, "Cabaret"),Sean Hayes (Tony nominee, "Promises, Promises"), Megan Hilty (Tony nominee, "Noises Off"), James Monroe Iglehart (Tony winner, "Aladdin"), Judy Kuhn(four-time Tony nominee, "Fun Home," "She Loves Me," "Chess," "Les Miserables"), Jose Llana ("The King and I"), Anika Larsen (Tony nominee, "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical"), Beth Malone (Tony nominee, "Fun Home"),Andrea Martin (two-time Tony winner, "Pippin," "My Favorite Year"), Janet Metz("Falsettoland"), Brian Stokes Mitchell (two-time Tony winner, "Kiss Me, Kate," Isabelle Stevenson Award), Jessie Mueller (Tony winner, "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical"), Kelli O'Hara (Tony winner, "The King and I"), Rory O'Malley (Tony nominee, "The Book of Mormon"), Orfeh (Tony nominee, "Legally Blonde"), Christine Pedi (Sirius XM Broadway host),Rosie Perez ("Fish in the Dark"), Billy Porter (Tony winner, "Kinky Boots"), Alice Ripley(Tony winner, "Next to Normal"), Chita Rivera (two-time Tony winner, "Kiss of the Spider Woman," "The Rink"), Keala Settle (Tony nominee, "Hands on a Hardbody"), KateShindle ("Legally Blonde"), Jennifer Simard (Tony nominee, "Disaster!"), James Wesley ("Disaster!"),Juli Wesley("Disaster"), LiLlias White (Tony winner, "The Life"), Marissa Jaret Winokur (Tony winner, "Hairspray") and B.D. Wong (Tony winner, "M. Butterfly").
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