After a sold-out debut performance last year, Ann Harada will once again resurrect her character "Christmas Eve" from the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q for a one-night-only holiday cabaret entitled CHRISTMAS EVE WITH CHRISTMAS EVE. The variety evening that Seth Rudetsky of Playbill.com called "FANTASTIC!" will take place on Monday, November 29th, 7:00 PM at The Midtown Theater (163 West 46th Street) with all proceeds benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Christmas Eve, the beloved, opinionated, heavily-accented therapist from Avenue Q, makes her holiday fantasies come true in this evening of song and comedy that both skewers and pays tribute to the great romantic duets and iconic moments of Broadway. No lyricist will be spared as she re-interprets the modern songbook with the help of some of Broadway's most talented, hilarious and gorgeous leading men. Conceived and written by
Gary Adler,
Ann Harada and
Alan Muraoka, the evening will be directed by Muraoka with choreography by
Michael Mindlin and musical direction of 0.Adler.
Ann Harada originated the role of Christmas Eve in both the Broadway and London productions of the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q. Her other Broadway credits include 9 to 5, Les Miserables, Seussical and M. Butterfly. Last season she was featured in the Off Broadway cast of The Kid. Recent TV work includes Lipstick Jungle (as Victory Ford's mother), Cashmere Mafia, Johnny and the Sprites, and The Electric Company.
Alan Muraoka's New York Theatre credits include Falsettoland for the National Asian American Theatre Company (
Vineyard Theatre), Empty Handed, a concert starring the puppeteers of Broadway's Avenue Q, and most recently
Telly Leung - Who Loves Ya' Baby? at the
Laurie Beechman Theatre. He is collaborating with songwriters
Marcy Heisler and
Zina Goldrich on a musical revue, Screaming Like a Fool, which will have it's premiere in January 2011 in NYC.
Tickets are
$75 VIP Table Seating
$50 for Reserved Table Seating
$25 for General Admission Table Seating
($75 ticket buyers will also receive a complimentary "Christmas Eve-tini" cocktail and poster autographed by the cast).
Tickets can be purchased at HERE or by calling 212.840.0770 x268
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 over $175 million for essential services for people with AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.
BC/EFA is the major supporter of seven programs at The Actors Fund - including The AIDS Initiative, The
Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative, The
Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic, The Dancers' Resource and three supportive housing residences.
BC/EFA also awards annual grants to over 400 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide.
For more information visit: www.BroadwayCares.org
Photo Credit: Monica Simoes
