NewsPHOTO CALL: Kara Lindsay, Kevin Massey, Santino Fontana, Sara Jean Ford and More Celebrate A Very Broadway Valentine's DayBroadway couples celebrated love in A Very Broadway Valentine's Day, a concert conceived by Newsies actress Kara Lindsay, Feb. 13 at 54 Below.
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Krissie Fullerton
February 21, 2014
The 9:30 PM concert included Lindsay's husband, Kevin Massey (Memphis); Ashley Spencer (Rock of Ages); Kirsten Scott (Big Fish); Santino Fontana (Cinderella) and his girlfriend, Jessica Hershberg (Cinderella); Drew Gehling (On a Clear Day…) and his wife, Sara Jean Ford (The Phantom of the Opera); Patrick Cummings (Happiness) and his girlfriend, Alessa Neeck (Cinderella); Thea Brooks (Dirty Dancing); Aaron Albano (Newsies); Antwayn Hopper (Hair); Joseph Anthony Byrd (The Lion King); Devin Ilaw (Les Misérables); Stephen Joshua Thompson; and musical director Benjamin Rauhala.
Proceeds from the evening were donated to Hope4Gavin to support two-year-old Gavin Strand in his battle with cancer. Strand is the son of musical director Rauhala's cousins, Katie and Dan Strand, and was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia the day after his first birthday. He is in remission, but continues to receive chemotherapy and takes over 100 oral medications a month. He will finish treatment in July. Here's a look at the concert:
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Kara Lindsay, Kevin Massey, Santino Fontana, Sara Jean Ford and More Celebrate A Very Broadway Valentine's Day
Kara Lindsay, Kevin Massey, Santino Fontana, Sara Jean Ford and More Celebrate A Very Broadway Valentine's Day
Broadway couples celebrated love in A Very Broadway Valentine's Day, a concert conceived by Newsies actress Kara Lindsay, Feb. 13 at 54 Below. Read the Playbill.com story.
Based on the 1985 film, the musical centers on teenager Marty McFly when he is accidentally transported back to 1955 in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by Dr. Emmett Brown.
