Strike Affects BC/EFA 'Carols for a Cure' CD Sales

The entire Broadway community has been affected by the Strike, including the non-profit organizations who rely on theatre-going audiences for their support.  Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS released the following statement today regarding sales of their latest "Carols for a Cure" CD:

"Due to the stagehand strike closing so many shows on Broadway, this project is now a silent victim of the strike… Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will suffer a big hit this year unless this strike is settled quickly…

Other than a few select museums and stores, the only way people can buy 'Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Volume 9' is by ordering the 2-disc set for only $20 through BC/EFA at www.broadwaycares.org   or by calling 212-840-0770 x250 Monday-Friday, 10AM- 5PM EST."

Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 9' is the annual holiday music CD which has raised millions for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the largest industry based organization supporting those suffering with AIDS.  This annual CD is recorded by stars and casts from virtually every show on Broadway.  Most of the sales of this fundraising CD are at the shows from mid-October-December.    (Individual songs from all nine CDs will soon be available on itunes.)

Since its inception in 1999, the "Carols for a Cure" series of recordings have raised over $2.5 million for BC/EFA, providing support and care for those suffering with AIDS, as well as lending support to women's health issues.  

Featuring  performers from virtually every show from the 2007 Broadway season, the two-disc set offers 30 original and traditional holiday songs recorded especially for this benefit CD.  Notable performers include Tony Award winners David Hyde Pierce, Shuler Hensley, Christian Hoff, and Karen Ziemba; plus Ashley Brown, Mara Davi, Edward Hibbert, Andy Karl, Michael Longoria, Orfeh, Laura Osnes and Max Crumm, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, Max von Essen, Kerry Butler, Howard McGillin, Julia Murney, and many others.  Also performing on this year's CD are Rosie's Broadway Kids, young students in the performing arts program founded by Rosie O'Donnell.

"Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Volume 9" can be ordered for only $20 through BC/EFA at BroadwayCares.org or by calling 212-840-0770 x250 Monday-Friday, 10AM-5PM EST. 

Additionally, the CDs are 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 are 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 UCLA Fowler Museum in Los Angeles; and The Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities in Colorado. 

TRACK LIST:

1. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
    'Twas The Night Before the Spelling Bee
2. Altar Boyz
   The Innkeeper's Lament
3, Avenue Q
   (At The) North Pole Global Warming Surfin' Party
4. The Broadway Boys
    Hark! The Herald Anels Sing
5. Chicago
    Alleluia
6. A Chorus Line
    Broadway Holiday
7. The Color Purple
    Angels We Have Heard on High
8. Curtains
    The Monotone Angel
9. The Drowsy Chaperone
    Drowsy on Christmas
10. Grease
    Jolly Old St. Nicholas/Up on the Housetop
11. Hairspray
    Tracy Turnblad's Big, Bad Holiday Rap
12. Jersey Boys
    Dominick the Donkey
13. Julia Murney & Max von Essen
   O Holy Night
14. Legally Blonde
    Christmas Makes the Whole World Warmer
15. Les Miserables
    12 Days of Christ-Miz
16. The Little Mermaid
    Joy to the World
17. The Lioin King
    The First Noel
18. Mamma Mia!
    My Gift
19. Mary Poppins
    Two English Carols
20. Monty Python's Spamalot
    It Was Simple Then
21. Naked Boys Singing
   Coventry Carol/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
22. The Phantom of the Opera
    Following a Star
23. Rent
    Go Tell It on the Mountain
24. Robbin' Hood
    Deck the Halls
25. Rosie's Broadway Kids
    This Little Light of Mine
26. Spring Awakening
    What Child is This?
27. Wicked 1st National Tour
    Mary's Lullaby
28. Wicked
    Jingle Bells
29. Xanadu
    Away in a Manger
30. Young Frankenstein
    O Come All Ye Faithful