Evening of Broadway Love Songs to Benefit The Actors' Temple Next Week
By: BWW News Desk Feb. 07, 2017
An Evening of Broadway Love Songs benefiting the historic Actors' Temple, a New York City-based synagogue and Off-Broadway Theatre Space will take place on Monday, February 13th from 8-10 pm at The Actors' Temple, 339 West 47th Street.
Tickets for the benefit range from student prices to VIP level; $10 to $50, with a post-show VIP after-party. To purchase tickets, visit ActorsTemple.flobel.org.
As The Actor's Temple begins to celebrate its 100th anniversary, the special Evening of Broadway Love Songs serves as the kick-off event to help raise funds for the construction of an ADA-accessible restroom facility at the Temple/theatre building as well as to raise awareness of its history and upcoming centennial.
A presentation of The Florence Belsky Charitable Foundation (Flobel), the musical evening's host will be NYC-based theater director, actor and performance coach Lee Kasper; with multi-talented composer, arranger and pianist Josh Freilich as Musical Director and FloBel Executive Director Daniel Schneider as executive producer. Joining them will be a cast of talented performers; friends from the Broadway community, the French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts and beyond.
Tickets for the benefit range from student prices to VIP level; $10 to $50, with a post-show VIP after-party. To purchase tickets, visit ActorsTemple.flobel.org.
The February 13th kick-off event is designed to connect the next generation of artists with those who helped build Broadway and the American entertainment industry. In addition to raising funds, a primary purpose of the evening is to renew the Actors' Temple and Theatre Space' tradition of being a meeting place for young and old performers from throughout the world, who have chosen to make NYC their home.
FEATURING:
HOST.....................................................................................................Lee Kasper
MUSICAL DIRECTOR........................................................................... Josh Freilich
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER.......................................................................Dan Schneider
Isabella Kearney
Lauren Schorr
Madeline Rhodes
Evan Kremin
The Actors' Temple was founded in 1917 as the West Side Hebrew Relief Association. Its leaders were Orthodox Jews who owned shops in the rough-and-tumble district called Hell's Kitchen, at the time one of the world's busiest steamship ports. The founders borrowed a Biblical nickname for God, Ezrath Israel, "the One who assists Israel," as the name for their benevolent little Jewish Community Center. They provided a place where actors could be accepted and feel at home. The actors introduced their friends to the synagogue, and the rest, as they say, is history. For more, visit www.theactorstemple.org/about-us.
About The Florence Belsky Charitable Foundation - Florence Belsky was an avid and generous supporter of the creative arts and numerous cultural institutions, including the Metropolitan Opera; the New York Public Library; Ellis Island Wall of Honor and the Metropolitan Museum. The Foundation's mission emphasizes "Connecting People, Sharing Ideas, Empowering Each Other."
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