By Andrew Gans
19 Jun 2006

Tony Award-winning playwright Tony Kushner will host a star-studded Broadway Stands Up for Freedom! benefit concert July 24 at the Peter Norton Symphony Space.

The 7:30 PM concert is scheduled to feature the talents of Audra McDonald, Michael Cerveris, William Finn, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Cheyenne Jackson, Richard Easton, Jenn Gambatese, Leah Hocking, Barrett Foa, Thos Shipley, Todd Buonopane, Erich Bergen and Liana Stampur. Daniel Goldstein will direct the evening with musical direction by Seth Rudetsky.

The concert will benefit the youth programs of the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Tickets are priced $10 (students, members, low-income, senior and union members), $50 (general admission), $100 (priority tickets) and $250 (sponsor packages). Tickets may be purchased by calling Jaclyn Stoll at (212) 607-3343 or Symphony Space at (212) 864-5400.

Symphony Space is located in Manhattan at 2537 Broadway at 95th Street. Visit www.symphonyspace.org for more information.