Arden, Burnham, Groff, Lewis, Sieber and Steggert Set for Leading Men III Concert

By Andrew Gans
March 13, 2008

The Leading Men III — a benefit concert for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS — will be presented April 21 at Birdland.

Avenue Q Tony nominee John Tartaglia will host the 7 PM concert, which will feature direction by Alan Muraoka and musical direction by Seth Rudetsky.

The celebration of male singers and actors from Broadway and cabaret will boast the talents of Tom Andersen, Michael Arden, Skylar Astin, David Burnham, Jim Caruso, Jonathan Groff, Norm Lewis, Michael McElroy, Skie Ocasio, Sean Palmer, Aaron Ramey, Robb Sapp, Christopher Sieber, Marcus Simeone, Bobby Steggert and Jim Walton.

Wayman Wong, who originated and wrote "The Leading Men" column for Playbill.com from 2003-2006, produces.

Birdland is located in Manhattan at 315 West 44th Street. Tickets, priced $50 and $100 (plus a $10 food/drink minimum), are available by visiting www.birdlandjazz.com.