Hope you can attend one of my favorite events of the year! Rock on!!!! I FFEL GOOD!
Hope Chester sings that!!!!
THE PATH FUND INC.
ANNOUNCES
ROCKERS ON BROADWAY: Salutes Motown
SPONSORED BY JOSEPH GRANO JR.
HOSTED BY CAROLINE RHEA
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22 @ 8:00 PM
BB KING BLUES CLUB & GRILL
(237 WEST 42nd STREET)
The Path Fund Inc., proudly announces the return of Rockers on Broadway on Monday, October 22 @ 8:00 PM. This one-night-only benefit concert for Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS and Wingspan Arts Inc. will take place at BB King Blues Club & Grill (237 West 42nd Street).
Rockers on Broadway was founded by Donnie Kehr in 1993 during the Broadway run of The Who’s Tommy, in which he appeared, Broadway Rockers was inspired by Pete Townshend, who wanted to give musical theatre performers the opportunity to experience the feeling of singing with a rock band in a concert style venue, so they could understand and transfer the rawness of that edge to the stage.
Sponsored by Joseph Grano Jr., The Frye Company & Macy’s, and featuring the best of Motown, including music from the hit songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland (who are also set make a special honorary appearance), Rockers on Broadway will once again be hosted by actress/comedian Caroline Rhea (“Sabrina, The Teenage Witch” and NBC’s “The Biggest Loser”). The evening will feature performances by legends Darlene Love (Hairspray) and La La Brooks (Hair), Micky Dolenz from the Monkees, the “original pop princess” Deborah Gibson, singer songwriter Kate Taylor, Mark Pender (from the Max Weinberg 7 on “Late Night With Conan O’Brien”), three of the four leads from Jersey Boys – Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and 2006 Tony winner Christian Hoff, Grammy nominated Tevin Campbell (Hairspray), Cheyenne Jackson (Xanadu, Thoroughly Modern Mille), Billy Porter (Being Alive, Smokey Joe’s Café), , Michael McElroy (Big River, Broadway Inspirational Voices), Krisha Marcano (The Color Purple), Renee Elise Goldsberry (The Color Purple, Lion King), Michael Lanning (The Civil War, Trans Siberian Orchestra), Kris Coleman (Jersey Boys), Chester Gregory II (Tarzan, Hairspray), John Eric Parker (All Shook Up, Rent) and Anika Ellis (The Color Purple, Sweet Charity). Broadway vet, writer Rupert Holmes (Curtains), will be on hand to support Holland-Dozier-Holland, his collaborators on the new musical The First Wives Club. All performances subject to change.
All proceeds from the event will go to support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Wingspan Arts Inc. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids gives assistance nationwide to persons living with HIV/AIDS and Breast Cancer. Wingspan Arts provides In-school/Afterschool/Conservatory arts education programs to Tri-state area children. WingspanArts.org. Rockers on Broadway is Executive Produced by Donnie Kehr (Broadway’s The Who’s Tommy and Jersey Boys) & Cori Gardner, and Produced by Sandy Hicks.
Rockers on Broadway will take place on Monday, October 22 at 8:00 PM at BB King Blues Club & Grill (237 West 42nd Street). Tickets, on sale now at the BB King Box Office or at ticketmaster.com, are $1200 (VIP Reserved table for 8), $900 (VIP Reserved table for 6), $150 (General Admission Floor Seating), $75 (General Admission Balcony Seating), $35 (Standing Room – day-of purchases only and only at box office). For more info, contact RockersOnBroadway@gmail.com or visit www.rockersonbroadway.com.
