Photo Flash: Inside the Broadway for Orlando Benefit Single Recording Session!
By: Tyler Peterson Jun. 17, 2016
Broadway Records President Van Dean, SiriusXM Radio Host Seth Rudetsky and Producer James Wesley launched the charitable initiative Broadway for Orlando with an all-star roster of theater artists recording the benefit single "What the World Needs Now is Love," at Avatar Studios. Created to honor the victims and those wounded in the Orlando shooting massacre at Pulse nightclub and aid the surrounding community, 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the song will benefit the LGBT Center of Central Florida. Check out photos below!
The digital download of the iconic 1965 song will be priced at $1.99 and is available for purchase on the label's website at BroadwayRecords.com beginning Monday, June 20, 2016, and iTunes shortly thereafter.
Participating artists scheduled to record include in New York (and remotely in Los Angeles and Miami) include: Sara Bareilles, Roger Bart, Kristen Bell, Wayne Brady, Matthew Broderick, Andrea Burns, Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway, Len Cariou, Paul Castree, Michael Cerveris, Joshua Colley, Lilla Crawford, Carmen Cusack, Darius de Haas, Fran Drescher, Gloria Estefan, Christopher Fitzgerald, Sutton Foster, Kimiko Glenn, Whoopi Goldberg, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Joel Grey, Sean Hayes, Heather Headley, Nina Hennessy, Megan Hilty, James Monroe Iglehart, Bill Irwin, Carole King, Jane Krakowski, Judy Kuhn, Nathan Lane, Anika Larsen, Jennifer Lewis, Zachary Levi, Jose Llana, Rebecca Luker, Andrea Martin, Audra McDonald, Idina Menzel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jessie Mueller, Donna Murphy, Rosie O'Donnell, Kelli O'Hara, Rory O'Malley, Orfeh, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rosie Perez, Bernadette Peters, Billy Porter, Alice Ripley, Chita Rivera, Keala Settle, Kate Shindle, Christopher Sieber, Jennifer Simard, Will Swenson, Rachel Tucker, Tommy Tune, Jonah Verdon, Lillias White, Marissa Jaret Winokur, BD Wong and Tony Yazbeck.
Photos by Jeremy Daniel
Jennifer Simard, Rebecca Luker
James Monroe Iglehart, Keala Settle
Orfeh, Jessie Mueller, Kate Shindle
Recording Group
Rebecca Luker, Jennifer Simard, Rosie Perez, Fran Drescher
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick
Recording Group
Carmen Cusack, Sara Bareilles, Seth Rudetzky
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