Butler, Brier, Etc. Set for Feb. BC/EFA Daytime Benefit

Daytime will return to Times Square, on Sunday night, February 25, 2007 7:30 PM at Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street) when thirty-five stars from ABC TV's top rated daytime programs; "The View," Ally My Children," "One Life to Live" and "General Hospital" will perform at an evening of musical entertainment and comedy benefiting Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS.  

Now a yearly event, "ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS" marks the third benefit the network has produced with and in support of BC/EFA. Among those daytime stars scheduled to perform are Broadway veterans: Joy Behar, Kathy Brier, Jacob Young, Kerry Butler, David Canary, Renee Goldsberry, Catherine Hickland, Kristen Alderson and Jeffrey Carlson.  They will be joined on the Town Hall stage by denizens of Pine Valley, Llanview and Port Charles including: Bobbie Eakes, Alexa Havins, Melissa Egan, Alicia Minshew, Cady McClain, Camerson Mathison, Jeff Branson, Chrishell Stause, Aiden Turner, Justin Bruening, and Colin Egglesfield  from "All My Children," Robin Strasser, Erika Slezak, Trevor St. John, John Paul Lavoisier, Forbes March, Tika Sumpter and Brandon Buddy from "One Life to Live," and Jason Thompson, Scott Clifton, Kimberly McCullough, and Rick Hearst from "General Hospital."

In addition to the star turns, surprise performances and production numbers that have become a signature for this event, 2007 will introduce an interactive component to this event with the debut of "Casting Call."  A hybrid of live auction and on stage audition, "Casting Call" will offer audience members the opportunity to make their own daytime television debut on the set of "All My Children" or "One Life to Live."

Tickets and sponsorships ranging in price from $60 to $10,000 can bought online by visiting www.broadwaycares.org

 "ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS" is made possible through generous corporate sponsorships from The New York Times, Continental Airlines, Disney, MAC Viva Glam and Soap Net.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) is the nation's leading industry-based, not-for-profit AIDS fundraising and grant making organization. BC/EFA is the on-going, committed response from the American Theatre community to an urgent worldwide health crisis. By drawing upon the talents, resources, and generosity of this community, BC/EFA raises funds for AIDS-related causes across the United States. Since its founding in 1988, BC/EFA has raised over $100 million for critically needed services for people with AIDS, HIV or HIV-related illnesses.

Visit www.broadwaycares.org for more information.