Megan Hilty, Courtney Reed & More Join ROCKERS ON BROADWAY Lineup
The PATH Fund's Donnie Kehr has announced the list of additional performers for their annual benefit concert on Monday, November 17 at Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street) in New York City; Rockers On Broadway - Teen Idols, which this year honors Frankie Valli and Micky Dolenz with Lifetime Achievement Awards; and, radio-personality Cousin Bruce Morrow with the Ambassador of Rock Award.
The additional performers include Megan Hilty (NBC's Smash, 9 to5, Wicked); Courtney Reed (Aladdin, In The Heights) as well as Lilli Cooper (Wicked, Spring Awakening); Joe Cassidy (If/Then, Catch Me if You Can); Brian Gallagher (Jekyll & Hyde); Eric Michael Krop (Godspell); Tracy McDowell (Motown, Rent); and Ryann Redmond (If/Then, Bring It On).
They join the already-announced list of Dolenz; Lena Hall; Nick Cordero; Jarrod Spector; Preston Truman Boyd; Steve Gouveia; Michael Lanning; Vinny Pastore; and, Jeremy Schonfeld.
The evening is sponsored by The Frye Compnay, The Four Seasons Partnership, and the Grano Family Foundation.
Adds Kehr, "We are proud to honor these three people who inspired all of us though music. American teen idol icons Micky Dolenz and Frankie Valli will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards and legendary DJ 'Cousin Brucie' Morrow receives the Ambassador of Rock Award."
"Each of us had a teen idol that we looked up to or daydreamed about growing up. We coulnd't wait to turn up the raido when their songs came on. Think back...who was yours?"
For over two decades, the annual ROCKERS ON BROADWAY Benefit Concert has raised over $300,000. Proceeds from 2014's event benefitting The Broadway Dreams Foundation and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, says Cori Gardner, Executive Producer of The PATH Fund, the nonprofit organization that produces the event.
"ROCKERS ON BROADWAY - TEEN IDOLS will feature songs that will bring you back to your teen idol deams. Broadway finest rocks the music of the past 50 years," says event creator Donnie Kehr, who is currently in Clint Eastwood's film of Jersey Boys.
For more information and visit www.rockersonbroadway.com.
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