Buckley, Menzel, Orfeh, et al. to Appear at Borders on February 14

Betty Buckley, Idina Menzel, Orfeh and Andy Karl, Peter Parnell, and the cast of Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening will make special appearances in various New York City Borders stores as part of LOVE BEATS AIDS on Thursday, February 14.

At noon, Buckley lands at Borders Park Avenue (at 57th Street) to sign her new CDs Quintessence and Betty Buckley 1967. At 12:30pm, Idina Menzel visits Borders Time Warner Center to sign special copies of her new CD I Stand, which features the Borders Exclusive Track “God Give Me Strength.”

A special after-school story time for kids takes place at Borders Kip Bay (Second Avenue at 32nd Street) at 3:30pm as playwright Peter Parnell reads and signs his book And Tango Makes Three, which tells the true story of two male penguins in the Central Park Zoo who adopt and raise an orphan baby penguin.

At 5pm, real-life married couple Orfeh and Karl will perform at the Borders Kips Bay and sign CDs of the original cast recording of their current Broadway show Legally Blonde, as well as Altar Boyz and The Great American Trailer Park Musical.

Finally, at 5:30pm, the cast of Forbidden Broadway will be tossing out its own satirical, unique take on the Great White Way with a special live performance and original cast CD signing at Borders Time Warner Center.

For more information, visit www.BeatAIDSNow.com.