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‘From Broadway With Love’
Stars will present a Parkland benefit concert.
Broadway and TV stars Matthew Morrison, Rachel Bloom, Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox and others will come together April 16 for the one-night-only show “From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert for Parkland, USA” at the BB&T Center in Sunrise.
General admission tickets cost $50 and went on sale at noon Tuesday via Ticketmaster.com, pay-by-phone (1-800-345-7000) and at the BB&T Center box office.
The concert for victims and survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on Feb. 14 was assembled by a battalion of Tony-winning producers, conductors and recording-label heads, including Van Dean and Yael Silver (co-producers of “Once on This Island”).
Stoneman Douglas students will also perform new music written in collaboration with New York composers Joe Iconis, Bobby Cronin, Zoe Sarnak, Drew Gasparini and others, along with a tribute by shooting victim Jaime Guttenberg’s dance troupe. Stoneman Douglas teenagers will also speak during the concert, according to a release that did not include student names.
Other noteworthy names on the bill include Kirstin Maldonado (Pentatonix), Noah Galvin (“Dear Evan Hansen”), Justin Guarini (“In Transit,” “American Idol”), Ephraim Sykes (“Hamilton,” “Hairspray Live”) and Jessica Vosk (“Wicked” national tour).
The concert has already donated 10,000 tickets to the families of Stoneman Douglas students and staff. Proceeds head to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Victims Fund, operated by the Broward Education Foundation and Shine MSD, which benefits arts advocacy in Parkland.
“From Broadway With Love” organizers have also set up a crowdfunding page for the concert, where patrons who donate $50 or more will receive a forthcoming CD, DVD and Blu-ray of the concert .
For more information, go to BroadwayRecords.com and FromBroadwayWithLove.org.