The 2013 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 15 is available in theaters starting this weekend! Lovers of Broadway talent can do some early holiday shopping as well as support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) through the purchase of this 2-disc, annual CD of original and traditional holiday music from the current 2013 Broadway line-up. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is taking pre-orders now for Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 15, and will be mailing the CDs out beginning November 1st. The CDs can be ordered for only $23 through BC/EFA at broadwaycares.org or by calling (212) 840-0770 x238 Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST. Volumes from previous seasons are available, too (check online or call for price).
As always, the CDs will be sold at participating Broadway and off-Broadway shows in New York during a six-week "Gypsy-of-the-Year" fundraising period, which starts now and runs this year through mid-December. Additionally, the CDs are available at select venues throughout the U.S., including The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, The John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, NY and The Center for the Performing Arts in Arvada, CO.
Highlights of Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Vol. 15 include Faith Prince (Miss Hannigan), with a chorus of children and adults from "Annie," singing "Children, Go Where I Send Thee;" Marva Hicks (Gladys Knight) and Charl Brown (Smokey Robinson), with the rest of the cast of "Motown," singing "Deck the Halls, It's Christmas/Come on Home;" Zachary Levi, Krysta Rodriguez and the cast of "First Date," singing "Go Tell it on the Mountain;" Hugh Panaro (The Phantom), and the cast from "The Phantom of the Opera" on "Gloria in Excelsis Deo;" Matthew James Thomas (Pippin) and Rachel Bay Jones of "Pippin," dueting on "The Cherry Tree Carol;" Reeve Carney ((Spiderman), plus cast members of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," singing "A Savior is Born;" and celebrity blogger and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fan Perez Hilton, singing an original song called "Perez'2013 Holiday Dishlist."
Additionally, the 2-disc set presents Rebecca Luker, Laura Osnes, Ann Harada and the cast of "Cinderella" with "Happy Christmas, Little Friend;" Eric Anderson, Amber Iman and the cast of "Soul Doctor," with "The Chanukah Song;" Billy Porter, Harvey Fierstein and the cast of "Kinky Boots" performing "Carol of the Boots;" Julie Foldesi and cast members of "Newsies" singing "Take Me to Manhattan in December;" a gospel solo by Teresa Stanley with a choir from "Rock of Ages" singing "O Holy Night;" plus songs from "Matilda," "The Broadway Boys," "Jersey Boys," "Wicked," "Mamma Mia!" "The Lion King," "Once," performers representing The John Engeman Theatre, and more!
TRACK LIST:1. ANNIE Children, Go Where I Send Thee
2. The Broadway Boys O Come
3. CHICAGO Jolly Old St. Nicholas
4. A CHRISTMAS CAROL Gather Around the Christmas Tree
5. CINDERELLA Happy Christmas, Little Friend
6. JOHN ENGEMAN THEATER Silent Night
7. FIRST DATE Go Tell it on the Mountain
8. JERSEY BOYS Bad Girls Need Christmas, Too
9. KINKY BOOTS Carol of the Boots
10. THE LION KING The First Noel
11. MATILDA Bring a Little Joy into the World
12. MAMMA MIA Rejoice
13. MOTOWN Deck the Halls, It's Christmas/Come on Home
14. NEWSIES Take Me to Manhattan in December
15. ONCE Coventry Carol
16. Perez Hilton Perez' 2013 Holiday Dishlist
17. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Gloria in Excelsis Deo
18. PIPPIN The Cherry Tree Carol
19. ROCK OF AGES O Holy Night
20. SOUL DOCTOR The Chanukah Song
21. SPIDER-MAN A Savior is Born
22. WICKED The Holly and the Ivy
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 BC/EFA has raised more than $225 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States. Broadway Cares awards annual grants to more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide and is the major supporter of the social service programs at The Actors Fund, including the HIV/AIDS Initiative, the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative and the Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic.
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Rock-it Science Records (www.rock-itscience.com) is an independent record label based in New York City co-founded by Broadway performer and producer Lynn Pinto. RSR produces recordings for members of the Broadway community and Broadway's leading charity, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (www.broadwaycares.org). RSR's popular series Broadway's Carols for a Cure is currently in its fifteenth year. This highly anticipated annual holiday release features casts from the current Broadway line-up of shows performing new and traditional holiday music. Broadway's Carols for a Cure offers a "snapshot" of each season, as the casts and orchestras from each show on Broadway perform their own holiday track. Since 1999, Broadway's Carols for a Cure has featured the creative talents of thousands of Broadway's brightest stars and has raised over $3 million for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
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