Joe's Pub Katrina Benefit...

[JamieMcG]

Posted: 9/12/05 at 5:08pm

Hey there,

So please come support this event...Thank God there are a million different benefits going on to help these people who need it so desperately. Bryan Batt, (who lost nearly everything, but happily no family or friends), will be hosting. Judy Gold will be doing some standup, Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway will be performing a song Ann has written specifically for survivors of the tragedy, and of course some fantastic performers from Errico, Butler, Wilson, von Essen, Bean and a BUNCH more.

Joe's Pub is donating ALL of the proceeds-usually there is a split so they can cover their costs, but everything is being donated.

Thanks for all your support and I hope to see you on October 23rd!




On October 23rd at 9:30PM, at Joe’s Pub, Broadway favorite and New Orleans resident, Bryan Batt will be hosting a once-in-a-lifetime concert benefiting the victims of Hurricane Katrina. With Love, From Broadway to the Bayou will feature Broadway favorites and much more as the community embraces the victims of this horrible disaster.

With Love… will feature performances by Shoshana Bean (Wicked), Kerry Butler (Little Shop…), Ann Hampton Callaway (Swing!), Liz Callaway (Baby, Miss Saigon), Matt Cavenaugh (Urban Cowboy), Nikki Renee Daniels (Little Shop…), Natascia Diaz (Man of La Mancha), Melissa Errico (Dracula), Max von Essen (Dance of the Vampires), Sara Gettelfinger (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Comedienne Judy Gold, Danny Gurwin (Little Women), Tony Award-Winner Cady Huffman (The Producers), Tina Maddigan (Mamma Mia!), Judy McLane (Mamma Mia!), Julia Murney (Lennon), 2005 Tony Award-Nominee Kelli O’Hara (The Light in the Piazza), Randy Redd (Parade), Brooke Tansley (Beauty & The Beast), Patrick Wilson (HBO’s Angels in America), and several others. The evening will be hosted by Bryan Batt (La Cage aux Folles), musically directed by Seth Rudetsky (Dreamgirls, Funny Girl, Hair, On the 20th Century concerts) and directed and produced by Jamie McGonnigal (Pippin, Snoopy, Children of Eden and the upcoming The Secret Garden concerts).

Joe’s Pub will be donating 100% of the proceeds to The Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana. Second Harvest works to acquire and distribute food in partnership with agencies serving people in need. Each year, they distribute more than 12 million pounds of donated and surplus food from the food industry and government commodities to 350 social service agencies throughout southern Louisiana. Second Harvest Food Bank is the cornerstone of hunger programs in Southern Louisiana.

All seats for With Love… are $50. Tickets available at The Public Theater box office or through Telecharge: www.telecharge.com or 212.239.6200.

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 9/12/05 at 7:27pm

This sounds like a really great cause, and it has a great line up. I wish I could go!