NewsPHOTO CALL: Ann Harada's Christmas Eve with Christmas EveAnn Harada, who created the role of Christmas Eve in the Tony-winning musical Avenue Q, revisted the role in a benefit concert of Christmas Eve with Christmas Eve for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on Nov. 29.
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Krissie Fullerton
November 30, 2010
Press notes state, "Christmas Eve, the beloved, opinionated, heavily-accented therapist from Avenue Q, makes her holiday fantasies come true in this evening of song and comedy that both skewers and pays tribute to the great romantic duets and iconic moments of Broadway. No lyricist will be spared as she re-interprets the modern songbook with the help of some of Broadway's most talented, hilarious and gorgeous leading men."
Conceived and written by Gary Adler, Harada and Alan Muraoka, the evening is directed by Muraoka with choreography by Michael Mindlin and musical direction by Adler. The evening featured performances by John Tartaglia, Jason Tam, Stephen Bogardus, Marc Kudisch, Christopher Sieber, Willy Falk, Howard McGillin, Jose Llana, Jordan Gelber, Paul Castree, Michael Mindlin and Ryan Watkinson along with Harada.