Liza Minnelli, both Callaways (Liz and Ann Hampton) and Linda Eder are just the tip of the star power raising money for the Twin Towers Fund at the Bottom Line's "HeartSong: The Heroes Concert" Oct. 8. Two concerts will be held at 7:30 PM and 10:30 PM to benefit families of the fire, police and emergency-service workers killed in efforts at the World Trade Center. Also scheduled to perform are Broadway's Christine Andreas, Bea Arthur, B.J. Crosby, Lea DeLaria, Julie Halston, Judy Kaye, Judy Kuhn, Michele Lee, Norm Lewis, Karen Mason, Sally mayes, Louise Pitre, Lee Roy Reams, Alice Ripley, Carol Woods and Lillias White. Composers Carol Hall and Stephen Schwartz (whose "Beautiful City" from Godspell has become an unofficial anthem for the disaster) and writers Harvey Fierstein and Charles Busch will also perform. Cabaret will be represented by Tom Andersen, Marnie Baumer, Julie Gold, Billy Goldenberg, Joyce Randolph, Jay Rogers, Marcus Simeone and Billy Stritch.
Tickets are $75 for general admission and $200 for a Golden Angel admission. Make all checks payable to the Twin Towers Fund. For reservations, call (212) 228-6300.
— By Christine Ehren