Cady Huffman, Jared Gertner & More to Perform at FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS 10/27

MAC winner Amy Wolk and Mamma Mia's Gerard Salvador will host FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS, a benefit performance for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) on Monday, October 27 at 9:45pm at the Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22 Street between 5th & 6th Avenues in New York City.

Performers for the evening include Tony winner Cady Huffman (pictured; The Producers, Will Rogers Follies), Jared Gertner (Spelling Bee, Papermill's Little Shop), Autumn Hurlbert (Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods" finalist), Telly Leung (Rent, Flower Drum Song), Andy Kelso (Mamma Mia), Jessica Rush (Gypsy), Pearce Wegener (Gypsy), Terese Genecco (MAC winner), Shaynee Rainbolt (MAC winner), with musical direction by Steven Ray Watkins.

Tickets for FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS are $20 with a 2 drink minimum. All proceeds go to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. For reservations, call 212-206-0440.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grants making organization.  By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, BC/EFA raises funds for AIDS-related causes across the United States.  Since its founding in 1988, BC/EFA has raised over $140 million dollars for critically needed services for people with AIDS and other serious illnesses.

BC/EFA is the major supporter of six programs at The Actors' Fund  - including The AIDS Initiative, The Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative, 2 supportive housing residences and the Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic at The Aurora in NYC -- and awards grants to over 400 AIDS and family service organizations yearly.

For more information about Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, visit http://www.broadwaycares.org.

Photo credit: Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

 

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