Matthew Shepard News

Honoring the 30th birthday of the late Matthew Shepard, an all-star benefit reading of Moises Kaufman's The Laramie Project took place at the Town Hall Theater in Times Square on December 1st

Mary-Louise Parker, Joshua Jackson, Kathy Najimy and James Murtaugh have joined the previously announced all-star cast of the December 1st reading of The Laramie Project

On December 1, 2006, the Matthew Shepard Foundation will honor Moises Kaufman's acclaimed play The Laramie Project with a reading that will feature Stockard Channing, Judith Light and more

Stephen Schwartz, Joanna Gleason and Gregory Jbara will be among the honorees of the 2006 New England Theatre Conference in November

Upstairs at Rose's Turn (55 Grove St.) will present present award-winning artists David Gurland and Randi Driscoll for one night only, Sunday, May 21 at 8PM

David Gurland and Randi Driscoll will share the stage of Rose's Turn on May 21st

Euan Morton, Tyler Maynard, Robert Cuccioli, Amanda Watkins and other stars performed the songs of composers Joe Drymala and Eric Svejcar in the concert Stuck in the Zipper on April 26th

Euan Morton and Amanda Watkins will join Robert Cuccioli, Tyler Maynard and Kate Wetherhead in the benefit concert Stuck in the Zipper on April 26th

On April 26th, Tony-nominee Robert Cuccioli, Tyler Maynard and Kate Wetherhead will headline Stuck in the Zipper, a benefit concert at the Zipper Theatre featuring new songs by composers Joe Drymala and Eric Svejca

David Gurland and Randi Driscoll will perform in concert at the Duplex on April 9th

David Gurland and Randi Driscoll will reunite at Odette's in New Hope, PA for an April 7th concert at 8 PM; on April 9th, they will perform at New York City's Duplex Cabaret Theatre

On February 16th, the 3rd Annual embrace! concert took place to benefit The Matthew Shepard Foundation at the Westside Theatre.

Cady Huffman and Malcolm Gets have signed on to perform in the starry embrace! benefit concert on February 16th

embrace!, a concert held on February 16th and featuring performances by Cheyenne Jackson, Maya Days, Natascia Diaz and others, will benefit the Matthew Shepard Foundation

On October 10th, musicians from around the country joined at Birdland to celebrate The Matthew Shepard Foundation with music and fun. The cast included Randi Driscoll and Noah Heldman, Jason & deMarco, Max von Essen, Christopher Sieber, Billy Stritch, Scott Nevins, David Gurland and host Jim Caruso.

A highlight of tomorrow's benefit concert for the Matthew Shepard Foundation at Birdland will be Max von Essen's performance of 'Not Afraid,' from Michael Arden's 'Easter Rising.'

On October 10th, a concert at Birdland, with Max Von Essen and Christopher Sieber as two of its performers, will pay tribute to the memory of Matthew Shepard

Broadway leading men Christopher Sieber (Spamalot, Chicago) and Max von Essen (Finian's Rainbow, Dance of the Vampires)have been added to the cast of An Evening of Music Celebrating The Matthew Shepard Foundation at Birdland on Monday, October 10 at 7pm.

On a very special evening in New York City, a group of musicians from all over the country will remember Matthew Shepard, a young college student who lost his life in a vicious anti-gay hate crime in October of 1998.