Joe Cassidy Featured in Sixth ArtCents Benefit Concert
By: BWW News Desk Feb. 21, 2007
On Monday, February 26 at 7 p.m., ASTEP (Artists Striving To End Poverty) will present the sixth ArtCents Benefit Concert, a new concert series featuring the works of emerging songwriters, at The Triad on New York's Upper West Side (158 W. 72nd St.).
The February ArtCents Benefit Concert features '60s and '70s rock songs performed by actor/singer/songwriter Joe Cassidy. Cassidy most recently appeared on Broadway as Freddy in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels performing opposite both John Lithgow and Jonathan Pryce. His other Broadway credits include Les Miserables, 1776 and Show Boat, as well as the New York engagements of A Christmas Carol (Madison Square Garden), Feeling Electric (NYMF), Listen To My Heart (Off-Broadway) and Joe Cassidy: Rock Star (Joe's Pub/Ars Nova).
Cassidy was also a featured soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa, the Nashville Symphony and the Baltimore Symphony. He can be heard on several Broadway cast albums and has recorded with artists varying from The New York Philharmonic's Lorin Maazel to James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins.
Along with Cassidy (vocals/guitar), the February 26 ArtCents concert also features Ben Schrader and Ashley McHugh (vocals), Mary-Mitchell Campbell (piano), Damien Bassman (drums) and Tony Steele (bass).
The concert begins at 7 p.m. and admission is your spare change…by the jar, by the bag, as much as you can scrape together.
There is also a two-drink minimum. Reservations can be made by calling 212-706-1516 or by sending an email to tickets@createsomethinggood.org.
All proceeds from the concert benefit ASTEP. The ArtCents Concert Series is sponsored in-part by Commerce Bank. Visit www.createsomethinggood.org to learn more. Visit www.astep.org for more on ASTEP.
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