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Gavin Creel, Michael Emerson, Roger Rees, Daphne Rubin-Vega, et al. Set for Broadway Stands Up for Freedom

Michael Emerson
Michael Emerson

Stephen Bogardus, Liz Callaway, Michael Cerveris, Gavin Creel, Michael Emerson, Randy Graff, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Roger Rees, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Michael Rupert will participate in Broadway Stands Up for Freedom!, a concert benefiting the youth programs of the New York Civil Liberties Union, to be held at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, July 20 at 7:30 pm.

Seth Rudetsky will host and musical direct, and Jen Bender will co-direct with Danny Goldstein. Performers will also include Carrie Preston, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Todd Buonopane, composer Brian Lowdermilk, founding performer Liana Stampur, and much of the cast of Hair. Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner serves as honorary chair of the event with NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman.

Individual tickets start at $60. For more information, visit www.nyclu.org/bway.