Broadway's 'Carols for a Cure, Volume 9' CD On-Sale Oct.24

"Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Volume 9," holiday music from the Broadway stars of the 2007 season, will be on sale October 24.  Produced by Lynn Pinto for Rock-It Science Records, the annual holiday CD benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA).  Since its inception in 1999, the "Carols for a Cure" series of recordings have raised over $2.5 million for BC/EFA, providing support and care for those suffering with AIDS, as well as lending support to women's health issues.  

Featuring  performers from virtually every show from the 2007 Broadway season, the two-disc set offers 30 original and traditional holiday songs recorded especially for this benefit CD.  Notable performers include Tony Award winners David Hyde Pierce, Shuler Hensley, Christian Hoff, and Karen Ziemba; plus Ashley Brown, Mara Davi, Edward Hibbert, Andy Karl, Michael Longoria, Orfeh, Laura Osnes and Max Crumm, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, Max von Essen, Kerry Butler, Howard McGillin, Julia Murney, and many others.  Also performing on this year's CD are Rosie's Broadway Kids, young students in the performing arts program founded by Rosie O'Donnell.

"Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Volume 9" can be ordered for only $20 through BC/EFA at BroadwayCares.org or by calling 212-840-0770 x250 Monday-Friday, 10AM-5PM EST. 

Additionally, the CDs are sold during a six-week "Gypsy-of-the-Year" fundraising period from mid-October through mid-December at participating Broadway and off-Broadway shows in New York.  The CDs also are 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 UCLA Fowler Museum in Los Angeles; and The Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities in Colorado. 

TRACK LIST:

1. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
    'Twas The Night Before the Spelling Bee
2. Altar Boyz
   The Innkeeper's Lament
3, Avenue Q
   (At The) North Pole Global Warming Surfin' Party
4. The Broadway Boys
    Hark! The Herald Anels Sing
5. Chicago
    Alleluia
6. A Chorus Line
    Broadway Holiday
7. The Color Purple
    Angels We Have Heard on High
8. Curtains
    The Monotone Angel
9. The Drowsy Chaperone
    Drowsy on Christmas
10. Grease
    Jolly Old St. Nicholas/Up on the Housetop
11. Hairspray
    Tracy Turnblad's Big, Bad Holiday Rap
12. Jersey Boys
    Dominick the Donkey
13. Julia Murney & Max von Essen
   O Holy Night
14. Legally Blonde
    Christmas Makes the Whole World Warmer
15. Les Miserables
    12 Days of Christ-Miz
16. The Little Mermaid
    Joy to the World
17. The Lioin King
    The First Noel
18. Mamma Mia!
    My Gift
19. Mary Poppins
    Two English Carols
20. Monty Python's Spamalot
    It Was Simple Then
21. Naked Boys Singing
   Coventry Carol/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
22. The Phantom of the Opera
    Following a Star
23. Rent
    Go Tell It on the Mountain
24. Robbin' Hood
    Deck the Halls
25. Rosie's Broadway Kids
    This Little Light of Mine
26. Spring Awakening
    What Child is This?
27. Wicked 1st National Tour
    Mary's Lullaby
28. Wicked
    Jingle Bells
29. Xanadu
    Away in a Manger
30. Young Frankenstein
    O Come All Ye Faithful