Reeve Carney, Katie Finneran, Patti Murin, Alison Fraser Set for We're Gonna Have To Ask You To Leave Benefit

By Michael Gioia
19 Dec 2011

Reeve Carney
Reeve Carney
Photo by Joseph Marzullo/WENN

The Broadway at Birdland concert series will present We're Gonna Have To Ask You To Leave…, a concert to benefit the American Cancer Society, Jan. 23, 2012, at Birdland.

The evening will begin at 5 PM with dinner, a silent auction and raffle. The concert will follow at 7 PM.

We're Gonna Have To Ask You To Leave… will include performances from Spider-Man star Reeve Carney; Tony winner Katie Finneran (Promises, Promises; Noises Off; "I Hate My Teenage Daughter") and husband Darren Goldstein (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson); Tony nominee Dylan Baker (God of Carnage) and wife Becky Ann Baker (Good People, Assasins); Tony nominee Barbara Walsh (Company); Carla Gugino (The Road to Mecca, Desire Under the Elms); Tony nominee Alison Fraser (Gypsy, Secret Garden); Tony nominee Kathleen Chalfant (Rescue Me, Wit); Patti Murin (Lysistrata Jones, Xanadu); Nick Blaemire (Godspell, Cry-Baby); Matthew Greer (Seminar, The Real Thing); Karen Walsh (The Road to Mecca, Pygmalion); and Wayne Wilcox (The Normal Heart), among others. There will also be a surprise guest host.

The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem.

We're Gonna Have to Ask you To Leave... is produced by Eva Kaminsky and Karen Walsh with additional support from Alex Dinelaris and Meredith Holzman. The director is Kris Kukul, the music director is Ray Fellman.

Birdland is located at 315 West 44th Street. There will be a $10 food/drink minimum. For more information and tickets, call (212) 581-3080 or visit www.BirdlandJazz.com or www.kickcancerthebenefit.com.