Tickets Now on Sale for Born for Broadway
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Proceeds of one-night event to benefit Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
SHORT HILLS, N.J., May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The first annual Born for
Broadway will be held Monday, June 22nd at 8:00 p.m. at New World Stages, 340
West 50th Street, New York. Directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, currently
directing "Ragtime" at the Kennedy Center with musical direction by Larry
Yurman ("Grey Gardens"), Born for Broadway is a one-night celebrity cabaret,
featuring both established Broadway performers as well as undiscovered talent.
Hosted by Richard Kind, proceeds will benefit the Christopher & Dana Reeve
Foundation.
Born for Broadway first began as a student-sponsored musical revue at
Marymount Manhattan College, where event founder Sarah Galli was enrolled as a
performance major. Galli founded the event as a way to involve the theatre
community so beloved by Christopher and Dana Reeve, as well as raising funds
for a worthwhile organization. Galli's brother was spinal cord injured 11
years ago and is a high level quadriplegic.
Tickets are now on sale through Telecharge (www.telecharge.com) and
www.bornforbroadway.com. Ticket prices range from $50 to $100.
The full cast will be announced shortly.
About the Reeve Foundation
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord
injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for
people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy. For
more information, and to review the entire list of Quality of Life grant
recipients, please visit our website at www.ChristopherReeve.org or call
800-225-0292.
SOURCE Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
Sarah Galli, +1-401-864-8962, sarah@sarahgalli.com, for the Christopher and
Dana Reeve Foundation; or Maggie Goldberg of the Christopher and Dana Reeve
Foundation, +1-800-225-0292 media@ChristopherReeve.org
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