Wicked Stars Headline Bway Acoustic Soul Benefit, 5/15

The cast of Wicked will host "Broadway Acoustic Soul" on Monday, May 15 at 7 PM at Central Presbyterian Church (593 Park Avenue at 64th Street) to raise money for Quilts for Kids.

The evening, designed to give Broadway performers the chance to sing classic Broadway tunes with a contemporary twist, will feature Carol Kane, Megan Hilty, Eden Espinosa, Jenna Leigh Green, Ben Cameron, Brandi Chavonne Massey, Rhett George, Marty Thomas and Shoshana Bean (Wicked); Tituss Burguss and Donnie Kehr (Jersey Boys); Krisha Marcano (The Color Purple); Greg Reuter (Spamalot); Peter Matthew Smith (Hairspray); Eric LaJuan Summers (Wedding Singer); Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rent); Adriane Lenox (Doubt); the Altar Boyz; and Broadway Boys.

Quilts designed with the show logos and signed by the casts will be auctioned live by Michael Maloney of ABC's "Extreme Home Makeover."

The event is produced and directed by Anthony Galde and Schele Williams, who previously produced the successful "Hurricane Katrina Benefit: Broadway to Bourbon Street" at the Gershwin Theatre last fall.

Quilts for Kids is a grassroots organization that began in Linda Aria's basement in 2000. Aria took discontinued designer fabrics that were being thrown away and transformed them into quilts for children with life threatening illnesses as well as for children that are battered and abused. Since then QFK has saved over one million pounds of fabric from landfill and converted them into 30,000 quilts. That basement quilting- circle now has spawned 30 chapters worldwide.

"Broadway Acoustic Soul" will be held on Monday, May 15 at 7 PM at Central Presbyterian Church (593 Park Avenue). Tickets are $150 (including a 6 PM reception with the cast and a gift bag), $100 and $50 (student tickets). Tickets are available by calling 215-295-5484.