Curtains Up for a Cure Concert, with Kimball, Murney, Von Essen, Champlin, Presented Dec. 7

By Andrew Gans
07 Dec 2009

Curtains Up for a Cure Concert, with Kimball, Murney, Von Essen, Champlin, Presented Dec. 7

Comic Judy Gold hosts the Huntington's Disease Society of America's annual Curtains Up for a Cure concert Dec. 7 at Playwrights Horizons in Manhattan.

Produced by actress Meredith Patterson, who has lost family members to Huntington's Disease, the concert features Broadway artists performing their favorite holiday tunes.

Jamie McGonnigal directs the 7:30 PM concert, which features musical direction and piano accompaniment by Devin Ilad. Performers include Chad Kimball, Julia Murney, Max von Essen, Donna Lynne Champlin, Billy Stritch, Betsy Wolfe, Tom Deckman, April Boyett, Jeremy Schonfeld and Patterson.

The evening also includes a cocktail hour, hors d'oeuvres and a silent auction. Doors open at 6:30 PM.

Tickets are $50 including pre-show cocktails, $30 for the performance alone. Playwrights Horizons is located at 416 W. 42nd Street in Manhattan. For ticket information e-mail Chenell Tannure (ctannure@hdsa.org), call (212) 242-1968 ext. 221, or visit www.hdsa.org/gny.