Stars of NEWSIES Tour to Present Variety Show for BC/EFA at Aronoff Center

Cast members from the North American tour of Disney's NEWSIES will present The Newsboys' Variety Show, a cabaret benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA), on Monday, March 7, 2016 at 7:30pm at The Aronoff Center's Jarson-Kaplan Theater (650 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202). Doors open at 7pm.

More than 20 cast members from the North American touring company of NEWSIES will present some of their favorite standards, pop songs, choreography, dances and more. Come see the Newsies like you've never seen them before, all while supporting an incredible organization. Check out the Facebook event here.

Tickets start at $27 and are available online at www.cincinnatiarts.org/newsboys, in person at the Aronoff Center Box Office, or by calling (513) 621-ARTS. A silent auction will present opportunities to bid on backstage passes, tickets to see Disney's NEWSIES at The Aronoff Center, merchandise and exclusive show memorabilia. All proceeds go to BC/EFA, which provides funds to over 450 service organizations from coast to coast.

BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS (BC/EFA) is the nation's leading industry-based, non-profit AIDS fundraising and grant making organization. BC/EFA is the on-going, committed response from the American theater community to an urgent worldwide health crisis. Since its founding in 1988, BC/EFA has raised over $250 million for critical services for people across the country with AIDS, HIV, and other serious illnesses. Locally, "The Newsboys' Variety Show" will benefit Caracole, Inc, which provides safe and affordable housing to those suffering from HIV/AIDS. In the past six months alone, NEWSIES has raised more than $175,000 for BCEFA. For more information, visit www.broadwaycares.org/newsies.

Tickets to the Cincinnati engagement of Disney's NEWSIES, playing March 1-13 at the Aronoff Center, can be purchased at the theatre box office (650 Walnut Street), by calling (513) 621- ARTS or by visiting www.cincinnatiarts.org.