Kimball, Kind, Spector et al. Set for Bway PURIM SHPIEL for Birthright, 3/1

The National Entertainment Fund for the Cultural Arts (NEFCA) and event Co-Chair Michael Steinhardt proudly present the 6th Annual Broadway Purim Shpiel at the Hudson Theatre on Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 7pm. For one night only, stars from Broadway's biggest hit shows join together for the Broadway Purim Shpiel, a hilarious retelling of the Purim story. All proceeds from the NEFCA production will benefit The Birthright Israel Foundation, an organization dedicated to sending young Jews from across the world to Israel. 

"For the 6th consecutive year, Broadways biggest talents demonstrate their generosity by performing in our Benefit." said NEFCA Founder and Executive Director Scott Kluge "This year Richard Kind, one of our generations funniest actors, will take the helm as host of the Shpiel. This will be the most hilarious performance yet!"

"This years Shpiel will synchronize with Broadways latest trend - Rock n Roll. Our cast includes stars from Rock of Ages, American Idiot, Memphis, Jersey Boys and many other great shows - so prepare for a rockin Shpiel on March 1st" the Director/Producer added.

Thanks to the generous underwriting of Michael Steinhardt, all proceeds from this year's Broadway Purim Shpiel will go to The Birthright Israel Foundation to help make his dream that it is every Jewish person's birthright to visit Israel, a reality.

The evening will be hosted by stage and screen star Richard Kind. The cast for the performance will include a slew of Broadway stars including Eric Anderson, Alex Brightman, Gaelen Gilliand, Christian Hoff, Adam Kantor, Chad Kimball, MODI, Jarrod Spector, Clarke Thorell, and Alysha Umphress, and Savannah Wise.

The performance will be held at the Hudson Theatre at 141 West 44th Street in New York City. The event begins 7PM with an open bar at the Theatre. The Purim Shpiel kicks off at 8PM. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.nefca.org/6BPS.

The Birthright Israel Foundation provides the gift of first time, peer group, educational trips to Israel for Jewish young adults ages 18 to 26. Birthright Israel's founders created this program to send thousands of young Jewish adults from all over the world to Israel as a gift in order to diminish the growing division between Israel and Jewish communities around the world; to strengthen the sense of solidarity among world Jewry; and to strengthen participants' personal Jewish identity and connection to the Jewish people.

The gift of the 10-day trip is being provided by our partners: the people of Israel through the Government of Israel, North American Jewish Federations through The Jewish Federations of North America, and leading private philanthropists. Please take a few minutes to learn more about our partners, especially your local Jewish Federation, which is your gateway to community involvement, continued learning and leadership opportunities. Taglit-Birthright Israel operates on a belief that it is every Jewish person's birthright to visit Israel.

The National Entertainment Fund for the Cultural Arts (NEFCA) is a non-profit 501 c 3 Production Company. NEFCA developed and will produce The "6th Annual Broadway Purim Shpiel," a benefit for The Birthright Israel Foundation. NEFCA prides itself on improving the image of different charities by producing unique and entertaining benefit events per request. Non-profits are desperately seeking out fresh fundraising programs to avoid the saturated market of monotonous charity dinners. NEFCA provides that originality and works with charities to brand them as trendier and more interesting. NEFCA develops many different kinds of events including but not limited to film, theater and television projects.

For full details about the event please visit www.nefca.org/6bps or follow www.twitter.com/BroadwayShpiel for live updates.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride