Stage and screen stars Tony Goldwyn and Julie White will host the Born for Broadway benefit, to be presented by The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation at the American Airlines Theatre on Monday, May 21, at 8pm. Tony nominee Marcia Milgrom Dodge will direct, with music direction by Lawrence Yurman.
As previously reported, two-time Tony Award winner James Naughton, Richard Kind, Glee‘s Jenna Ushkowitz, Tony winner Nikki M. James, Tony nominee Malcolm Gets, Vicki Lewis, Tony nominee Orfeh, and Aaron Lazar are among the Broadway and TV stars slated to appear.
The evening will also feature Adrian Bailey, Ali Stroker, Andy Karl, Ben Cook, Carmen Ruby Floyd Callaway, Carole Lasser, Chris Pinnella, Christiane Andreas, Christiane Noll, Drew Gehling, Emma Hunton, Graham Rowat, Jamie Laverdiere, Jenny Powers, Jesse Ruben, Jim Brochu, Marianne Tatum, Richard B. Watson, Robert Petkoff, Ron Bohmer, and Steve Rosen.
The evening benefits the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, which 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.