Categories: Theater

Broadway Stands Up for Freedom

For the past 14 years, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) has hosted a night of great music featuring Broadway’s best.  This year’s benefit concert will be hosted by actress Susan Blackwell and will take place on Monday, July 18th.

The all-star lineup includes the following fan favorites:

Whitney Bashor (Himself and Nora)
Erich Bergen (Jersey Boys)
Christina Bianco (The Marvelous Wonderettes)
Todd Buonopane (Cinderella)
Devin Trey Campbell (Kinky Boots)
Crystal Monee Hall (Rent)
Alex Grubbs (SeaWife)
Celisse Henderson (GodSpell)
Jayne Houdyshell (The Humans)
Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Tuck Everlasting)
Celia Keenan-Bolger (Glass Menagerie)
Kristolyn Lloyd (Dear Evan Hansen)
Ray Mercer (The Lion King)
Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen)
Zachary Prince (Honeymoon in Vegas)
Jennifer Simard (Disaster!)
Alexandria Suarez (On Your Feet)

Also in attendance will be singers/songwriters Clinton Curtis and Liana Stampur, award-winning director Liesl Tommy (Eclipsed), award-winning composer Benj Pasek (Dear Evan Hansen) and Brooklyn Technical High School’s step team The Lady Dragons.

Founded in 1951, the NYCLU is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization that aims to protect the fundamental rights of all New Yorkers. Through advocacy, public education and community organizing, the NYCLU fights for these rights such as freedom of speech and privacy. Funds raised from the benefit concert will support the organization’s mission.

To learn more about the NYCLU, visit their website.

The 14th Annual Broadway Stands Up for Freedom will be at New York University’s Skirball Center of the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012) and will begin at 7:30 PM.

Purchase tickets to the event ($60) here

Photo Credit: New York Civil Liberties Union

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