Applause Video To Sell 4-DVD Set Of Leading Men Concerts 9/26

Applause Video will be selling a special 4-DVD set of 'The Leading Men' concerts on Sunday, Sept. 26, at the Broadway Flea Market in Shubert Alley.

'The Leading Men' concerts (2005-2009) were soldout benefits for Broadway Cares, and they were all hosted by John Tartaglia, music-directed by Seth Rudetsky, directed by Alan Muraoka and produced by Wayman Wong.

The 4-DVD compilation will feature six hours of entertainment from Broadway pros such as Nick Adams, James Barbour, Matt Cavenaugh, Kevin Earley, Cody Green, Jonathan Groff, Cheyenne Jackson, Chad Kimball, Aaron Lazar, Norm Lewis, Paolo Montalban, Matthew Morrison, Hugh Panaro, Graham Phillips, Jai Rodriguez, Nicholas Rodriguez, Christopher Sieber, Bobby Steggert and Jim Walton. Plus, it includes cabaret stars like Tom Andersen, Scott Coulter, Tim Di Pasqua, Jack Donahue, David Gurland, Zak Resnick and Marcus Simeone.

Among the highlights: Sieber and Tartaglia offering a duet of 'I Will Never Leave You' from 'Side Show'; Cavenaugh, belting 'I Take It Back,' a Jason Robert Brown song cut from 'Urban Cowboy'; Lewis, doing a Dixieland band version of 'Before the Parade Passes By,' and Groff's comic medley from 'The Sound of Music.'

Michael Dale of BroadwayWorld.com has called 'The Leading Men' show 'a wildly entertaining boys' night out,' and Matt Windman of AM New York raves, ' 'The Leading Men' concerts set the tenor for terrific singing!'

The special price for the 4-DVD set is $50; normally, the discs are sold individually for $25 apiece.

Applause Video also will be selling DVDs to other BC/EFA events, such as "Broadway Bares," "The Easter Bonnet Competition" and "Gypsy of the Year." Plus, for the first time, they will offer "Bernadette Peters in Concert,' "ABC Daytime Salutes BC/EFA 2010" and "Broadway Backwards 5.'

Proceeds from all sales will go to BC/EFA. For more information, visit www.broadwaybeat.com.

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