Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Vol. 12 Adds PROMISES, PROMISES & RAIN Casts

Two more casts have added their voices to Broadway's Carols for a Cure, the annual holiday music CD benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). Promises, Promises cast members sing "Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel," and Joey Curatolo, who plays Paul McCartney in RAIN® - A Tribute To The Beatles On Broadway, wrote and recorded an original song "Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas."

Featured voices on the 2010 Broadway's Carols for a Cure include Bernadette Peters and the cast and orchestra from A Little Night Music, Kelsey Grammer, Douglas Hodge, Christine Andreas and the cast of Tony Award winning La Cage aux Folles; Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, from Next to Normal; plus the casts from Memphis, Wicked, Mamma Mia, Elf, In the Heights, and more. Jackie Hoffman and the cast of The Addams Family sing "It's Chanukah," a Jackie Hoffman/Lon Hoyt original song written during their time together at Hairspray.

Pre-orders of Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 12 are being taken now for November 1st delivery. The CD can be ordered for only $20 through BC/EFA at broadwaycares.org or by calling (212) 840-0770 x250 Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST. Additionally, the CDs will be sold during a six-week "Gypsy-of-the-Year" fundraising period from October 22nd through mid-December at participating Broadway and off-Broadway shows in New York. The CDs also will be available at select venues throughout the U.S., including The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC; The LA Phil Store in Disney Hall, and The John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, New York.

Broadway's Carols for a Cure is produced by Lynn Pinto for Rock-It Science Records and engineered by Andros Rodriguez. The series has raised over $3 million dollars for BC/EFA since its inception in 1999, providing support and care for those suffering with AIDS, as well as lending support to women's health issues. Pinto, a classically trained singer who made her Broadway debut in the 1998 revival of The Sound of Music, has been producing recordings for BC/EFA and many other artists ever since. Over the years, Broadway's Carols for a Cure CDs have featured special performances by stars Bernadette Peters, Nick Jonas, Antonio Banderas, Idina Menzel, Hugh Jackman, Harvey Fierstein, David Hyde Pierce, Raul Esparza, John Tartaglia, Darlene Love, Hugh Panaro, Michael McKean, Annette O'Toole, Andrea McArdle, Donna Lynne Champlin, and Phyllis Newman, among others.

Track List:

1. THE ADDAMS FAMILY - It's Chanukah
2. AMERICAN IDIOT - Do You Hear What I Hear?
3. BILLY ELLIOT - Another Geordie Christmas
4. THE BROADWAY STRINGS - Christmas Lullaby
5. ELF - The First Noel
6. IN THE HEIGHTS - ¡Vengan!
7. JERSEY BOYS - Tu Scendi d'alle Stelle
8. LA CAGE AUX FOLLES - We Need a Little Christmas/The Best of Times
9. THE LION KING - Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
10. A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - Jul, Jul, Stradlande Jul (Wonderful Peace)
11. MAMMA MIA - O Holy Night
12. MARY POPPINS - Pat-a-Pan
13. MEMPHIS - Carol of the Bells
14. MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET - Run, Rudolph, Run
15. MY FAIR LADY - Joy to the World
16. NEXT TO NORMAL - What Child is This?
17. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Noel Nouvelet
18. PROMISES, PROMISES - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
19. RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES - Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas
20. ROCK OF AGES - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
21. ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS - Keep on Singin'
22. WEST SIDE STORY - O Come All Ye Faithful
23. WICKED - Here We Go

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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 twelfth 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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