BROADWAY CAN! A Benefit Concert for the Citymeals-on-Wheels & City Harvest- A night of Seth Bisen-Hersh's music performed by Broadway performers!
Starring:
Karmine Alers (Rent)
Seth Bisen-Hersh
Jessica Leigh Brown (Nine)
Lanene Charters (Mamma Mia)
Brian Childers (Danny and Sylvia)
Bryan Fenkart (Memphis)
Russell Fischer (Jersey Boys)
Kimberly Faye Greenberg (Danny and Sylvia)
MADISON JAMES
Rori Nogee (Pinkalicious)
Jessica Lea Patty (The Addam's Family)
Arbender Robinson (Hair)
Brian Charles Rooney (The Threepenny Opera)
Brandon Ruckdashel (Co-Ed Confidential)
Brian Shaw
Betsy Struxness (Memphis)
Shelley Thomas (Brooklyn)
ALENA WATTERS (The Addam's Family)
Correy West (South Pacific)
Kristen Beth Williams (Promises, Promises)
The 2nd Annual Broadway Can! A Benefit Concert for Citymeals-on-Wheels & City Harvest will be presented at Don't Tell Mama, one night only, Sunday, November 14th at 8pm. The evening will be comprised of songs by composer/ lyricist Seth Bisen-Hersh. Bisen-Hersh will be joined on stage by a phenomenal cast including Karmine Alers (Rent), Jessica Leigh Brown (Nine), Lanene Charters (Mamma Mia), Brian Childers (Danny and Sylvia), Bryan Fenkart (Memphis), Russell Fischer (Jersey Boys), Kimberly Faye Greenberg (Danny and Sylvia), Madison James, Rori Nogee (Pinkalicious), Jessica Lea Patty (The Addam's Family), Arbender Robinson (Hair), Brian Charles Rooney (The Threepenny Opera), Brandon Ruckdashel (Co-Ed Confidential), Brian Shaw, Betsy Struxness (Memphis), Shelley Thomas (Brooklyn), Alena Watters (The Addam's Family), Correy West (South Pacific) and Kristen Beth Williams (Promises, Promises). The concert will be directed by Laura Pestronk, choreographed by Erin Porvaznika, stage managed by Livia Hill with Emma Peele coordinating production.
The audience can expect to hear 18 songs from Bisen-Hersh's catalog featuring songs from Love Quirks: a song cycle of unconventional devotion, More to Love, The Spickner Spin and a world premiere from his new musical, What If...? Songs will include "Thanksgiving Day", "The Fag Hag Lament", "This is Awkward", "Can You Believe I Was Ever Sad We Broke Up?" and the popular youtube hit, "Hey!".
All the proceeds for the evening will go to Meals-on-Wheels, which "raises private funds to ensure no homebound elderly New Yorker will ever go a day without food or human company." The canned goods will be donated to City Harvest, which has "served New York City for more than 25 years" as a "food rescue organization, dedicated to feeding the city's hungry men, women, and children."
For more information or to donate to the charities, please visit:
http//:www.sethbh.com/broadwaycan
http://www.citymeals.org/
http://www.cityharvest.org/
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