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Mandy Bruno, Jonathan Groff, Aaron Lazar, et al. Set for North Shore Music Theatre Benefits

Jonathan Groff
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
Jonathan Groff
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Updated casting has been announced for special benefit concerts for North Shore Music Theater, to be held at Joe’s Pub on February 9 and at The Theatre at Saint Peters on February 10. Brian Usifer will serve as music director.

As previously announced, the Beverly, Massachusetts-based non-profit theater is in danger of closing if it does not receive immediate philanthropic support. The concerts will feature NSMT alumni from Broadway and the New York television community.

For the Joe’s Pub concert, the cast will include Jonathan Groff, Bob Walton, Jim Walton, Jim Stanek, David Larsen, Michael Kadin, Craig Brian Usifer, Karen Nascembeni, and members of the NSMT Orchestra.

The concert at The Theatre at Saint Peters will feature Aaron Lazar, Mandy Bruno, Jacquelyn Piro Donovan, Sally Wilfert, Kate Baldwin, Nicholas Rodriguez, Teri Dale Hansen, Molly Ephraim, and Melissa Lone.

Participants performing on both evenings will include Kate Rockwell, Robert Newman, Devin Richards, Sarah Stiles, Addi McDaniel, David Nathan Perlow, Emily Walton, Mitch Dean, Carla Duren, Benjamin Mapp, Dana Steingold, and Chris Williams.

For more information, visit www.nsmt.org.