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54 Below

An all-star cast will perform in a concert of Elegies For Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens, the internationally produced musical. With book and lyrics by Bill Russell, who will host the evening, and music by Janet Hood, who will be the music director, the score includes “My Brother Lived in San Francisco,” “And the Rain Keeps Falling Down,” “Angels, Punks and Raging Queens,” and more. The show features songs inspired by the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and songs that represent the feelings of friends and family members dealing with the loss.

Featuring:

Nick Adams (Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Wicked)
Brandon Andrus (Side Show, Roman Holiday)
Haven Burton (Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde)
Paul Castree (Disaster, 9 to 5)
Nick Cearley (Pageant, A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Justin Collette (School of Rock, Like a Country Song)
Max Crumm (Disaster, The Fantasticks)
Emerson Davis (Once on This Island)
Janine DiVita (Mystery of Edwin Drood, Anything Goes, Grease)
Lauren Elder (Side Show, Hair)
Stephanie Gibson (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Spamalot)
Demond Green (Sister Act, Toxic Avenger)
Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (A Little Night Music, Once Upon a Mattress)
Emma Hunton (Wicked, Spring Awakening)
Javier Ignacio (Side Show, Into the Woods)
Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Tuck Everlasting, Newsies)
Crystal Kellogg (Finding Neverland, School of Rock)
Tari Kelly (Groundhog Day, Anything Goes)
Luba Mason (Chicago, Jekyll & Hyde)
David McDonald (Doctor Zhivago, Memphis)
Lauren Molina (Sweeney Todd, Desperate Measures)
Emily Padgett (Side Show, Bright Star)
T. Oliver Reid (Once on This Island, Sister Act)
Blair Ross (Side Show, Jekyll & Hyde)
Tally Sessions (War Paint, Falsettos)
Kissy Simmons (The Lion King)
Nora Schell (Spamilton– Drama Desk Nomination)
Emily Skinner (Side Show, Prince of Broadway)
Jenny Lee Stern (Rocky, Spamalot)
Frank Viveros (The Phantom of the Opera, When Pigs Fly)
Josh Young (Amazing Grace, Jesus Christ Superstar)