NewsPHOTO CALL: Susan Blackwell, Charl Brown, Randy Graff, Erich Bergen, Nellie McKay and Volleygirls in Performance at Broadway Stands Up...Tony Award winners Randy Graff and Tonya Pinkins, as well as Carrie Manolakos, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Kate Baldwin and Anthony Rapp were part of the July 22 benefit concert Broadway Stands Up for Freedom at the Skirball Center.
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Matthew Blank
July 23, 2013
Susan Blackwell ([title of show], Volleygirls) hosted the 7:30 PM concert, which had musical direction by Georgia Stitt ("This Ordinary Thursday"). Daniel Goldstein (Godspell) directed the concert.
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Susan Blackwell, Charl Brown, Randy Graff, Erich Bergen, Nellie McKay and Volleygirls in Performance at Broadway Stands Up...
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