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On Sale Today! 'From Broadway With Love For Orlando' Benefit Concert Now Available as Double CD, DVD, and Blu-ray

By: Dec. 20, 2016
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From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert For Orlando - recorded and filmed live on July 25, 2016 at the Disney Theatre at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and released by Broadway Records - features song, dance and special appearances from some of the biggest names on Broadway including Darren Criss ("Glee"), Chita Rivera (two-time Tony Award winner), Norbert Leo Butz (two-time Tony Award winner), Kelli O'Hara (Tony Award winner), Jessie Mueller (Tony Award winner, currently in Waitress), Wilson Cruz (Rent), Brian Stokes Mitchell (Tony Award winner), Carmen Cusack (Bright Star), Andrea McArdle (original Annie), Lilla Crawford (Annie), Priscilla Lopez (Tony Award winner), LiLlias White (Tony Award winner), Liz Callaway (Miss Saigon), Josh Henry (Shuffle Along), Keala Settle (Waitress), Anika Larsen (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Justin Matthew Sargent (Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark), Carrie Manolakos (Mamma Mia!), LaRue Howard, Michelle Lindahl, Justin Lore, Ménage, VarieTease and the Orlando Voices United Choir, as well as SiriusXM Broadway hosts Seth Rudetsky and Christine Pedi. Michael J. Moritz, Jr. (Tony Award Nominee) served as Music Director. The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra accompanied the performers.

The special double CD/DVD/Blu-ray ($29.95-$34.95; $19.99 for digital download) includes rousing performances of "Sugar Daddy" from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, performed by Darren Criss; "Sun Is Gonna Shine" from Broadway's Bright Star, performed by Carmen Cusack; Carole King's "Beautiful," performed by Jessie Mueller; "The Wizard and I" from Wicked, performed by Carrie Manolokas; "The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha, performed by Brian Stokes Mitchell; "All That Jazz" from Chicago, performed by Chita Rivera; "Don't Rain On My Parade," performed by LiLlias White; "Slide Some Oil to Me" from The Wiz, performed by Joshua Henry; and "They Don't Let You in the Opera If You're a Country Star," performed by Kelli O'Hara, just to name a few.

The Orlando benefit concert was co-produced by Imagine Orlando, LLC (comprised of Tony Award winner Kenny Howard of Florida Theatrical Assoc., Joyce Arbucias of The Imagination House, Andrea Canny of PerformerStuff.com, Chris Yakubchik of Forster Boughman and Lefkowitz), Seth Rudetsky, James Wesley, Michael J. Moritz, Jr. and Broadway Records (Van Dean, Tony Award-winning/Grammy-nominated producer/co-conceiver of the first From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook). Net proceeds raised from the concert were donated equally between the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida, Hope and Help Center of Central Florida and Zebra Coalition.

From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert For Orlando was created by Seth Rudetsky, Kenny Howard and James Wesley; directed by Kenny Howard; written by Michael Wanzie with musical direction by Michael J. Moritz, Jr. #BroadwayforOrlando #LoveisLove

BROADWAY RECORDS (Van Dean, President) is one of the preeminent theatrical record labels to produce original cast albums for major Broadway and Off-Broadway shows including the Grammy nominated Matilda The Musical, Grammy nominated Fiddler on the Roof (2015 revival) and Tony Award-winning and Grammy nominated The Color Purple (2015 revival) among others. Recent releases include Disaster!, Allegiance, The Visit, Doctor Zhivago, Side Show (2014 revival), Bonnie & Clyde, Big Fish and NBC's television events, The Wiz Live! and Peter Pan Live!. The label's critically-acclaimed "Live at Feinstein's/54 BELOW" series features top Broadway stars including Patti LuPone, Aaron Tveit, Annaleigh Ashford, Norbert Leo Butz, Sierra Boggess, Laura Benanti, Emily Skinner & Alice Ripley, Frank Wildhorn and Friends, Micky Dolenz and many others. Most recently, Broadway Records launched the I Have a Voice anti-bullying initiative as well as Broadway for Orlando (in partnership with creators Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley) as a response to the Pulse nightclub mass shooting. The all-star benefit single, "What the World Needs Now is Love" (recorded at NYC's Avatar Studios on Wednesday, June 15, 2016) has been downloaded more than 65k times and raised over $100k to date and counting, with 100% of the proceeds benefitting the GLBT Center of Central Florida. Additionally, the song reached No. 1 on the iTunes song chart in its first week of release and broke into the Billboard Top 100 with no commercial radio play. To learn more, visit www.BroadwayRecords.com.




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