From Broadway With Love April 19, 2010

TV, Film and Stage stars, John Bolger, Michael McGrath and Toni DiBuono will join a cast of over a dozen Broadway performers for a one-night-only special concert in Bloomfield NJ! The concert, billed as FROM BROADWAY WITH LOVE, will benefit the New Jersey School of Dramatic Arts, a highly-regarded not-for-profit acting school in Bloomfield, NJ. Stars from shows such as Phantom of the Opera, Hairspray and Mamma Mia will perform. The concert begins at 8 pm April 19th at the Westminster Arts Center in Bloomfield, NJ.

FROM BROADWAY WITH LOVE is an evening of gorgeous music, beautiful dancing and hilarious performances from high caliber Broadway veterans who are all donating their time and talent to support the school and its programs.

Celebrity performers include: John Bolger who stars on General Hospital as Mayor Garrett Floyd. Michael McGrath, a Tony Nominee for Spamalot and current star of Memphis. And Toni DiBuono who is the winner of the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle award for Forbidden Broadway.

Additional cast members are: Stephen Buntrock (A Little Night Music), Gary Lynch (Mamma Mia), John Antony (Titanic), Fred Barton (Composer, Lyricist and Orchestrator), Ryan Farrell and Katlyn Carlson (Dirty Dancing), Ashley Fitzgerald (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Tim Bish (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Adam Overett (Light in the Piazza), Christa Justus (Les Miserables), Cissy Rebich (Rags), E. Clayton Cornelius (Hairspray), Michael Lluberes (Taming of the Shrew) and Darina Jeleva (2006 Gold Medalist RS Latin Champion).

Westminster Arts Center is located at Bloomfield College at the corner of Franklin & Fremont Streets in Bloomfield, NJ. Curtain time is 8pm, and the performance will be followed by a champagne reception where audience members can meet and greet the artists.

Said NJSDA Co-Director Robert Sapoff, "We are dedicated to our students! The school offers NYC quality without having to cross the river. We vow to keep the tuition low so that we can serve every student who has a dream.” “It’s been thrilling to see our students on Broadway, in films and living their joy”, said the other Co-Director Beth Baur. “We are so honored to have such extraordinary Broadway talent come to Bloomfield to share their gifts with us.”

“It’s a pleasure to be part of this concert and to support the school.” said Gary Lynch (Mamma Mia). “You step into the studio and you can feel this incredible energy and passion from the students and the instructors. ‘From Broadway with Love’ is a perfect title because you can see how much the students love the craft of becoming actors.”

Founded in 2005, the New Jersey School of Dramatic Arts has provided comprehensive acting training to over 1,100 students in a professional and artistically challenging atmosphere.

"I've studied at some of the best studios in NYC and in Philadelphia, and it was NJSDA that allowed me to grow the most and reach the highest," said Kate Daly, NJ actor and cabaret producer, "and this benefit concert will help NJSDA go on giving many others what it gave me and my classmates."

Tickets for FROM BROADWAY WITH LOVE on April 19th are $40 in advance and $50 at the door. Tickets for the champagne reception the same night are $25. For reservations, call 973-566-9700. For more information, visit the website at www.njactors.org. The New Jersey School of Dramatic Arts is a 501(c)3 nonprofit.

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