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News Broadway's Best Turn Out for Great Joy! Benefit Concert Dec. 15 Some of Broadway's finest talent will take part in Great Joy! A Holiday Celebration from Broadway, Dec. 15 at the New Amsterdam Theatre.

The one-night-only event, which will benefit the Actors' Fund of America, is designed to "become a new, annual tradition." The evening will feature original pieces written by Eve Ensler and Tony Award winners Richard Greenberg, John Guare, Terrence McNally and David Henry Hwang as well as appearances from cast members of most every Broadway show.

Those theatre stars scheduled to perform include Matthew Broderick, Liz Callaway, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Raul Esparza, Tovah Feldshuh, Heather Headley, Richard Kind, Eartha Kitt, Marc Kudisch, Ricki Lake, Nathan Lane, Norm Lewis, Patti LuPone, Lypsinka, Donna McKechnie, Stephanie Mills, Alfred Molina, Brad Oscar, Elizabeth Parkinson, Rosie Perez, Alice Ripley, Sherie Rene Scott, Lucy T. Slut, Stanley Tucci, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Michelle T. Williams and Bebe Winans. The evening will also include a performance by Michael McElroy and the Broadway Inspirational Voices.

The company for the fundraiser includes Ioana Alfonso, Richard Amaro, Vance Avery, Ronnell Bey, Jarrett Ali Boyd, Terry Burrell, Kristy Cates, Danielle Chambers, Tracy Nicole Chapman, Gavin Creel, Chris Davis, Bradley Dean, Eileen Kaden Dean, Laura Dean, Angela DeCiccio, Kena Tangi Dorsey, Jason Dougherty, Byron Easley, Jennifer Edmonds, Eden Espinosa, Robert H. Fowler, Aisha de Haas, Darius de Haas, Carla J. Hargrove, Tanesha Gary-Stickney, La-Rita Gaskins, Rhett George, Lucia Giannetta, Avis Graves, Danielle Lee Greaves, Carla J. Hargrove, Catrice Joseph Hart, Kimberly Hester, Marianna Hettinger, Marva Hicks, Christine Hollingsworth, Wanda L. Houston, Kimberly JaJuan, Gerti Lee James, Tony James, Capathia Jenkins, Catrice Joseph-Hart, Monroe Kent,  Lamae, Maurice C. Lauchner, Adriane Lenox, Angela Lockett, Jenny Douglas McRae, Kent Monroe, Terri O’Neill, Destan Owens, John Eric Parker, Andy Pellick, Todd Pettiford, Billy Porter, Danielle Pratt, Dana Shavonne Rainey, Glenn Rainey, Phylicia Rashad, Terita Redd, Nikki Rene, Eliseo Roman, Michael Sharon, Shayna Steele, Dennis Stowe, Keith Lamelle Thomas, Lorna Ventura, Alexandria Wailes, Michael Benjamin Washington, Nyjah Moore Westbrooks, Schele Williams and Christopher Zelno.

The evening is being presented by the Actors' Fund in association with Sh K-Boom Records. In a statement Sh-K-Boom President Kurt Deutsch said, "With the exception of Radio City’s Rockettes and the Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting, New York has no annual event to commemorate the Christmas season, certainly none from the Broadway community. We aim to create a new and joyful holiday tradition for the City with our yearly Benefit concert, bringing together Broadway’s best and brightest stars, every Christmas, for a great cause." Paul Dobie and Lisa Leguillo will direct the benefit with choreography by Richard Amaro, Andrew Palermo and Ken Roberson.

The creative team for Great Joy! comprises Paul Weimer (set design), Martin Vreeland (lighting design), Cynthia J. Hawkins (sound design) and Michael Growler (costume design). Tickets range from $50-$1,000 and are available by calling (212) 221- 7300, ext. 133. For more information visit www.actorsfund.org. The New Amsterdam Theatre is located on West 42nd Street.

 
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