Eden Espinosa, Kimberley Locke & More to Headline BROADWAY SINGS FOR PRIDE Tonight

Broadway Sings for Pride will kickoff NYC Gay Pride 2013 by celebrating with their third annual Gay Pride benefit concert. The special one-night benefit entitled " Unite" with join forces with American Idol and Billboard recording artistic Kimberley Locke, Broadway powerhouse Eden Espinosa (star of Wicked, Rent, Brooklyn The Musical), American Idol and Rent star Anwar Robinson and over 20 members of the Broadway community. The concert will benefit the Hetrick-Martin Institute and Broadway Sings for Pride. There will also be special speakers including a message of hope from Steven Guy and James Clementi of the Tyler Clementi Foundation. The night will be hosted by award winning host from the hit show "truTV Presents: the World's Dumbest" Scott Nevins with staging by Rachele Rommes (Minnesota Timberwolves choreographer). A live auction will happen before the show.

Audiences will join the celebration by hearing some of their favorite New York performers take on pop hits, mashups, Broadway classics as well as filling the stage with stories of LGBT pride. The event will be held at the Iguana NYC in New York City tonight, June 24, 2012 at 8pm.

For tickets and information, please visit: http://bwaysings2013.brownpapertickets.com or call (212) 765-5454. More information can also be found at www.BroadwaySingsforPride.com or on Facebook: Broadway SingsFor Pride.

Guest speakers and artists scheduled to appear include: Kimberley Locke (American Idol & Billboard Recording Arist), Eden Espinosa (Broadway's Wicked & Rent), Eric Millegan (FOX TV's Bones), Anwar Robinson (American Idol), Miss New York 2011 Kaitlin Monte, Chondra Profit (Broadway's The Lion King), Raphael Miranda (NBC New York/New York Nonstop), Brandi Massey(Broadway's Wicked), Maia Wilson (Broadway's The Book of Mormon), Romelda T. Benjamin (Broadway's Brooklyn), Lexi Lawson(Rent: The Broadway Tour), Erik Altemus (Broadway's Pippin), Kyle Kleiboeker (USA Network's Summer Camp), Allison Semmes(Broadway's The Book of Mormon), Arebender Robinson (Broadway's The Lion King), John Edwards (Broadway's Jersey Boys),Lauren Elder (Hair on Broadway), Anthony Wayne (Broadway's Pippin), Jacqueline Arnold (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert), Anastacia McCleskey (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert), Cristina Fontanelli (Renown Opera Singer), Bobby Cronin (Award-winning Composer/Lyricist: 'Til Death Do Us Part), Rachel Lorin (Oxygen Channel's The Next Big Thing!), Connor Antico (Oxygen Channel's The Next Big Thing!), Brian Charles Rooney (Broadway's The Threepenny Opera), Sebastian La Cause (Broadway's The Rocky Horror Show), Jennifer Fouche (Off Broadway's Sistas: The Musical), Athena Reich (Off Broadway's I Hope They Serve Beer on Broadway), Angelo Rios (Jesus Christ Superstar National Tour), Rori Nogee (Showgirls, the Musical!), Kyle Motsinger (Off Broadway's Fancy Nancy the Musical), Erika Amato (Off Broadway's Signs of Life), Adam Shapiro (2013 MAC Award Winner),Jason Testa (Broadway's Elf The Musical), Amanda Taraska (Henry and Mudge National Tour), Steven Guy and James Clementi(The Tyler Clementi Foundation, Rebecca McBee (Junie B. Jones National Tour), Noreen Crayton (Rent National Tour), Maria Ottavia(Cabaret Singer), Benjamin Torres (New Jersey State Opera), Andres Pratts (Gay Positive), Alexis Acar (Washington National Opera), Andrew Werner (Award-winning photographer), Ashley Arcement (Grease on Broadway), Elissa Goldstein (NBC/Universals An Affirmative Act), AJ Mattioli (Director, Lady Peacock), Carly Robyn Green (BMG Chrysalis Artist/Songwriter), John Hollingsworth (Raymond Zilberberg's Marie Christine) & The Hinterlands - An Original Musical Web Series.

Neal Bennington of www.NealB.tv will produce the event in association with Artists Proof Productions. Benjamin Rauhala (Broadway's Pippin) also will serve as the musical director/arranger and pianist. He will be joined by John Convertino and David Cinquegrana.

The nights festivities are sponsored by: Mattioli Productions, Mark Nelson Events, Diamond Jewelers, Pride Shack, Gay Tomato, Holding Space AntiGravity Yoga Studio, 54 Below, The Gay & Lesbian Review, Holdon Log, Staten Island Yankees, ZICO Coconut Water, Gay Positive, enGAYged Weddings, The Ride, Gay City News, My Name is Asher Lev, ANN, Murder Ballad, Peter and the Starcatcher, Entertainment Events Incorporated, Nerium AD, and Cuff Me: The Unauthorized Fifty Shades of Grey Musical Parody‎.

Broadway Sings For Pride is a non-for-profit organization which brings together Broadway talent and celebrities to promote LGBT equality through song. Launched in June 2011, we have received support from from Carol Channing, Channing Tatum, Nathan Lane, Joy Behar, Wendy Williams and many others! Broadway Sings for Pride is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non­profit arts service organization. Go online at: www.BroadwaySingsforPride.com or on Facebook: Broadway SingsFor Pride.

Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI) is the nation's oldest and largest LGBTQ youth service organization, providing academic enrichment & job readiness programming, health & wellness services, arts & culture programming, hot meals and clean clothes. HMI provides a safe space where LGBTQ youth can express themselves, interact with a community of their peers and access resources to help them achieve their full potential. HMI serves more than 2,500 young people annually from more than 350 zip codes.

The Iguana is located at 240 W 54th St (Between 8th and Broadway). For tickets and information, please visit: http://bwaysings2013.brownpapertickets.com or call(212) 765-5454. More information can also be found at www.BroadwaySingsforPride.com or on Facebook: Broadway SingsFor Pride. Must be 21 or over.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride