Curtains Up for a Cure Concert to Feature Kimball, Murney, Von Essen, Champlin and More

By Andrew Gans
November 19, 2009

Comic Judy Gold will host the Huntington's Disease Society of America's annual Curtains Up for a Cure concert, which will be held Dec. 7 at Playwrights Horizons in Manhattan.

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

Jamie McGonnigal will direct the concert, which will feature musical direction and piano accompaniment by Devin Ilaw. Performers are currently scheduled to include Chad Kimball, Julia Murney, Max von Essen, Donna Lynne Champlin, Billy Stritch, Erin Mackey, Betsy Wolfe, Tom Deckman, Alina Faye, Jeremy Schonfeld and Patterson.

The evening will also include a cocktail hour, hors d'oeuvres and a silent auction.

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.