'Leading Men II' Concert DVD On-Sale at Flea Market 9/23

A DVD of "The Leading Men II" benefit concert for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which was held February 5 at Birdland, will be sold at the Broadway Flea Market on September 23 in Shubert Alley in New York City.

Hosted by John Tartaglia, it features Tom Andersen, Jim Caruso, Matt Cavenaugh, Tim Di Pasqua, David Gurland, Adam Jacobs, Telly Leung, Norm Lewis, Perry Ojeda, Hugh Panaro, Daniel Reichard, Seth Rudetsky, Jason Michael Snow and Ben Strothmann. Produced by Applause Video, the DVD will include a bonus clip of Jonathan Groff, seen singing at Seth's Broadway Chatterbox.

Also available will be the DVD for the first "Leading Men" concert, held May 30, 2005, at Joe's Pub. It stars Tom Andersen, Scott Coulter, Tom D'Angora, Tim Di Pasqua, Brian and Ted Farley, Barrett Foa, Cheyenne Jackson, Chad Kimball, Matthew Morrison, Jai Rodriguez, Seth Rudetsky, Christopher Sieber, Ben Strothmann, John Tartaglia and Max von Essen.

"The Leading Men" DVDs will be sold by Applause Video, and join a lineup of Broadway Cares benefits such as "Broadway Bares," "Easter Bonnet Competition," "Gypsy of the Year" and "Nothin' Like a Dame." DVDs are $25 apiece, and all proceeds will go to BC/EFA. Under the executive direction of Bradshaw Smith, Applause Video raised over $16,000 at last year's Broadway Flea Market.

"The Leading Men" concerts are the brainchild of former Playbill.com columnist Wayman Wong. They were directed by Alan Muraoka and music-directed by Seth Rudetsky.

Photo by Linda Lenzi: "Leading Men" Matt Cavenaugh, John Tartaglia and Daniel Reichard