PhotosSee Stars of The Lion King, Aladdin,and More Come Out for Broadway Match MakerThe charity event benefited a cheek swab drive to promote donating bone marrow.
By
Hannah Vine
June 28, 2018
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Stars from The Lion King and other Broadway shows gathered at The Actors Fund Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts in Manhattan on June 27 for the Broadway Match Maker cheek swab drive to promote donating bone marrow. The drive is in partnership with Shannon's S.H.A.R.E Foundation, founded after 11-year old Shannon Skye Tavarez, who passed away in 2010.
Tavarez was starring as young Nala in The Lion King on Broadway when she was diagnosed with AML (acute myelogenous leukemia) and needed a matching bone marrow transplant to survive.
Anyone wishing to participate in the drive can register for a home swab kit at GetSwabbed.org to join the database.
The Lion King is partnering with Shannon’s S.H.A.R.E. Foundation, The Actors Fund, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and Mount Sinai Doctors for the event.
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See Stars of The Lion King, Aladdin, and More Come Out for Broadway Match Maker
See Stars of The Lion King, Aladdin, and More Come Out for Broadway Match Maker
The charity event benefited a cheek swab drive to promote donating bone marrow.
The production will include Bernstein’s incidental music for Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of The Lark, and Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore.
