Broadway headliners are coming in droves to record the 2010 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, the annual holiday CD benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). Featured voices include Bernadette Peters and the cast and orchestra from A Little Night Music, Kelsey Grammer, Douglas Hodge, Christine Andreas and the cast of Tony Award winning La Cage aux Folles; Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, from Next to Normal; plus the casts from Memphis, Wicked, Elf, and In the Heights. Jackie Hoffman and the cast of The Addams Family sing "It's Chanukah," a Jackie Hoffman/Lon Hoyt original song written during their time together at Hairspray.
BroadwayWorld has been bringing you photo coverage of the recording throughout the sessions and below takes you inside the Promises, Promises recording.
Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 12 can be ordered for only $20 through BC/EFA at broadwaycares.org or by calling (212) 840-0770 x250 Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST. Additionally, the CDs will be sold during a six-week "Gypsy-of-the-Year" fundraising period from mid-October through mid-December at participating Broadway and off-Broadway shows in New York. The CDs also will be available at select venues throughout the U.S., including The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC; The LA Phil Store in Disney Hall, and The John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, New York.
Broadway's Carols for a Cure is produced by Lynn Pinto for Rock-It Science Records and engineered by Andros Rodriguez. The series has raised over $3 million dollars for BC/EFA since its inception in 1999, providing support and care for those suffering with AIDS, as well as lending support to women's health issues. Pinto, a classically trained singer who made her Broadway debut in the 1998 revival of The Sound of Music, has been producing recordings for BC/EFA and many other artists ever since. Over the years, Broadway's Carols for a Cure CDs have featured special performances by stars Bernadette Peters, Nick Jonas, Antonio Banderas, Idina Menzel, Hugh Jackman, Harvey Fierstein, David Hyde Pierce, Raul Esparza, John Tartaglia, Darlene Love, Hugh Panaro, Michael McKean, Annette O'Toole, Andrea McArdle, Donna Lynne Champlin, and Phyllis Newman, among others.
Track List:
1. The Addams Family- It's Chanukah
2. Ameircan Idiot- Do You Hear What I Hear
3.Billy Elliot- Another Geordie Christmas
4.Broadway Strings- Christmas Lullaby
5. Elf- The First Noel
6. My Fair Lady (Engeman Theatre)- Joy to the World
7. In the Heights- Vengan!
8. Jersey Boys- Tu Scendi d'alle Stele
9. La Cage Aux Folles- We Need a Little Christmas/ The Best of Times
10. The Lion King- Hark the Herald Angels Sing
11. A Little Night Music- Jul, Jul Stralande Jul
12. Mamma Mia- O Holy Night
13. Mary Poppins- Pat-a-Pan
14. Memphis- Carol of the Bells
15. Million Dollar Quartet- Run Rudoph Run!
16. Next to Normal- What Chid is This?
17. Phantom of the Opera- Noel Nouvelet
18. Rock of Ages- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
19. Rosie's Broadway Kids- Keep on Singin'
20. West Side Story- Oh Come All Ye Faithful
21. Wicked- Here We Go...
Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy
Jason Michael Webb (Musical Director), Kristen Beth Williams, Margot De La Barre, Nikki Renee Daniels, and Wendi Bergamini
Margot De La Barre, Kristen Beth Williams, Nikki Renee Daniels, and Wendi Bergamini
Margot De La Barre
Nikki Renee Daniels
Jason Michael Webb
Margot De La Barre
Nikki Renee Daniels
Nikki Renee Daniels
Jason Michael Webb
Margot De La Barre, Kristen Beth Williams, Nikki Renee Daniels, and Wendi Bergamini
Kristen Beth Williams, Lynn Pinto, and Andros Rodriguez
Lynn Pinto and Andros Rodriguez
Nikki Renee Daniels and Shelton Becton
Videos